Luther and Lewis

That sort of faith is nothing; it is dead; it is like an idea learned from a fairy tale. You must rather, without any wavering or doubt, realize His will toward you and firmly believe that He will do great things also to you, and is willing to do so. Such a faith has life and being; it pervades and changes the whole man; it constrains you to fear if you are mighty and to take comfort if you are of low degree.—Martin Luther, Magnificat AE 21:306

God’s claim is infinite and inexorable. You can refuse it: or you can begin to try and grant it. There is no middle way.—C. S. Lewis, Business of Heaven, p. 225