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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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