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We wait to see Thee, Lord, Yet now within our hearts Thou dwell’st in love that doth afford The joy that love imparts.Moses “sees Him
who is invisible.” This makes him decided. When we realise the presence
of God Pharaoh is nothing. … Where there is lack of communion there is
weakness and indecision. There is no
strength but in Christ. I have none at any time except as my soul is in
secret communion with Him. … Now the direct power of Satan is towards
this point, to keep our souls from living on Christ. One great thing
we have to seek is that communion with Christ be as strong as all the
doctrines we hold or teach. Without that the doctrine itself will have
no force: besides, we ourselves shall not be with God in it, and, after
all, that is all. God may make men
as active as possible, like Paul or Boanerges, when He wants them; but
communion is the most precious thing to Him. There is a difference
between Peter and John. His heart rested with satisfaction on him who
leaned on His bosom. There should be a
going of the soul to God in a far more intimate way than to any one
else. Communion with saints is precious, but I must have intimacy of
communion with God above all; and communion of saints will flow from
communion with God. Joy in God is
communion … presenting a want to God is not communion. “God talked with
Abraham,” “his friend”—that is communion. Communion with
God is the retiring place of the heart. If living in
communion with God we are not thinking of ourselves. Moses did not know
his face shone when every one else did. He had been looking up out of
himself and turned towards the earth, bearing upon him the light of
heaven. None can be so
intimately near us as God, for He is in us. Yet what an intimacy it is! The cross and the
crown go together; and, more than this, the cross and communion go
together. The cross touches my natural will, and therefore it breaks
down and takes away that which hinders communion. If I am not in
communion it is for the Holy Spirit to speak to my conscience, instead
of using me. May our work be a
work of faith, drawing its strength, its existence even, from our
communion with God our Father. In speaking of
God’s truth, whenever we cannot “speak as the oracles of God,” through
communion, it is our business to be silent. I may study the
word again and again, but unless I get into communion with Him by it,
it will profit me nothing—at least at the time. What is the joy
of a Redeemer but the joy and communion, the happiness of His redeemed? 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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