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And stayed by joy divine, As hireling fills his day, Through scenes of strife, And desert life, I tread in peace my way.It is a serious
thing, whatever be the goodness of God, to find peace with a God of
holiness. Christ has made peace; but He would have us feel what it is
to have need of it, in order that we may know it. You look to
getting the victory in order to get peace; we must get peace to get the
victory—peace already made by Christ’s work—then you will get strength.
We do not find it till we see we have none. The gospel of
peace is ours in Christ; but I must have the spirit of peace in my
heart. Peace has been made for us that we may dwell in peace. It is Christ’s
work which gives peace to the conscience; but it is subdued will,
having none of our own, which in great and in little things makes us
peaceful in heart in going through a world of … trial. In all things …
instead of disquieting ourselves … we ought to present our request to
God with prayer, with supplication … so that, even while making our
petition to Him, we can already give thanks, because we are sure of the
answer of His grace, be it what it may. … It does not say, you will
have what you ask; but God’s peace will keep your hearts. … Oh, what
grace! that even our anxieties are a means of our being filled with
this marvellous peace. One great
evidence of my abiding in Christ is quietness. I have my portion
elsewhere, and I go on. … No matter what it may be, we bring quietness
of spirit into all circumstances whilst dwelling in God. The soul is
not only happy in God for itself, but it will bring the tone of that
place out with it. Does all trouble
find your heart so resting on God as your Father, that when it is
multiplied, it leaves your spirit at rest, your sleep sweet, lying down
sleeping, and rising as if all was peace around you, because you know
God is, and disposes of all things? Is He thus between you and your
troubles and troublers? And if He is, what can reach you? The soul in
communion with God will live in the spirit of peace. There is nothing
more important, to meet the turmoil of the word, than getting into this
spirit of peace. Nothing keeps the
soul in such peace as a settled confidence in God. Without this a man
will be continually excited, in haste, and full of anxiety. If the
peace of God keep your hearts, you will have the triumph of it; nothing
can be heard that is distinctive from it and that does not perfectly
harmonise with it. The love and
grace of God which set us in close connection with heaven fill our
hearts, and we know how to carry to distracted souls that calm and
peace which nothing in this world can destroy. A little leisure
enables us often to see all things quietly with Christ’s eye. Pilgrim Portions - Meditations for the Day of Rest - Selected from the Writings, Hymns,
Letters, etc., of J. N. Darby SEDIN-Servicio Evangélico |
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