Jim Elliot on Psalm 104

On July 7, 1948, Jim Elliot, wrote these words 8 years before he was martyred: "Psalm 104:4: 'He makes His ministers a flame of fire.' Am I ignitible? God deliver me from the dread asbestos of 'other things.' Saturate me with the oil of the Spirit that I may be a flame. But flame is transient, often short-lived. Canst thou bear this, my soul, a short life? In me dwells the spirit of the great short-lived, whose zeal for God's house consumed him, and he has promised baptism with spirit and with fire. 'make me thy fuel flame of God.'"

-the Journal's of James Elliot

(thanks, Buff, for the excellent book!)