Throughout the duration of this class I have not ceased to be impressed with the writings of Jeremiah Burroughs. His appeal is broad, his heart warm with love and devotion, and his thoughts obviously enraptured with the excellency and greatness of God. It is particularly on this last point that I have learned much from his book, Gospel Worship.
In these days of prevailing man-centeredness and lack of reverence for God, I found the view of God that he presents through his writing to be quite refreshing and immensely convicting. It is clear when he expounds on proper worship of God that he highly esteems and reveres God. While some of our fellow Christians today are telling us that we can be inventive and creative in the ways that we approach God in his worship, Burroughs stands at hand bearing the reminder of Nadab and Abihu: “I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me”.
In particular, his section on prayer was of great use to me. When he states that “God expects that we should have our thoughts, will, and affections, our whole soul acting upon Him in the duty of prayer, or else we do not pray to God as unto a God”, I am chastened and humbled to realize how far my fear and reverence of God are from where they ought to be. Burrough’s constant display of honor and fear for our infinitely holy God is one that I hope to learn much from as I grow in my understanding of where I stand before God as a redeemed, justified sinner.
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