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Lord Jesus!
Source of
every grace,
Glorious in light divine. It is a blessed
truth that … we cannot be in circumstances Christ is not sufficient
for. Whether it be the church or individual saints, it is impossible to
be in a place for which Christ is not sufficient. I was noticing
awhile back how perfect the words, “Rejoice in the Lord always”!—there
is the positive portion. “Be careful for nothing” then, as to all that
is down here; and in laying our burdens on His throne and heart, it is
peace—for He is not troubled and knows the end from the beginning—the
peace of God keeps our hearts. What a sanctuary to have in going
through! Above all,
believe ever—“My grace is sufficient for thee.” When the heart gets on
Christ, all is easy: it is away from what is a snare to us. He is always the
same, sufficient for the young, and sufficient also for the old, and so
full of tenderness and grace. May we be kept humble, so as to know Him,
and all the resources that are in Him, and they are in Him for … even
loneliness—for He has felt it: “Ye shall leave me alone; and yet I am
not alone, because the Father is with me.” So you can say, “I and
Christ that is with me.” The more we know
of Him, the more we know He is everything. Our wisdom is to
know that we can do nothing without Jesus—with Him everything that is
according to His will. The secret of peace is to be occupied with Him
for His own sake, and then we shall find peace in Him and through Him,
and be more than conquerors when trouble comes. It is a great
thing to see that the power of Grist in us can set us entirely above
everything. “Every good gift
and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father
of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” In
practice we often contradict this truth, probing into that which
is below, and only learning disappointment. But God is never
disappointed when we are disappointed. He allows us to be
disappointed with ourselves, in order that we may better learn our need
of, and be satisfied with, Christ. “Lead me in the
way everlasting.”… Is not this way Christ Himself, the only way, the
way everlasting? … He (is) pleased to search out our own ways, that He
may lead us therein—to shew us that Christ must be practically to us
that which He declares Himself to be in His word, “the first and the
last,” our “Alpha and Omega.”… All is well that leads us “in the way
everlasting,” that beats us out of our own ways and brings us there,
that makes us in result value Christ for the way, as well as at the
outset, and the end—Christ learnt as our portion to live upon, as well
as known for the pardon of our sins. 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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