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Still sweet ‘tis to discover, If
clouds
have dimmed my sight, Towards me, as e’er, Thou’rt bright. Oh! guard my soul then, Jesus, Abiding
still
with Thee;
Habitual faithfulness in judging the flesh in little things is the secret of not falling.
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It is very disagreeable work to get to know ourselves, but very useful work. Peter is sifted, and has to learn that this confidence that he has in himself is the very occasion of his failure. … In the end the Lord not only restores his soul but makes him the channel of blessing to others. When you know your own utter nothingness, then you can go and help others. “Go and feed my sheep” the Lord says to Peter.
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Humility before man is often the best proof of restoration before God.
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Suppose my soul is out of communion, the natural heart says, I must correct the cause of this before I can come to Christ. But He is gracious; and knowing this, the way is to return to Him at once just as we are, and then humble ourselves deeply before Him. It is only in Him and from Him that we shall find that which shall restore our souls.
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To be truly restored the Christian must recognise the point of departure where his soul gave up communion with God and sought its own will. … Communion with God is not thoroughly re established, self and its will are not thoroughly broken, as long as the Christian has not found the point where his heart began to lose its spiritual sensibility, for the presence of God makes us feel that.
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Diligence in your business is all right, but do not let it get between your soul and God. If you are not as bright with Him, and more and more so, search out why, and look to Him, for He giveth more grace.
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If the sorrow gets between our souls and God so as to produce distrust, it is sin. … Whether from trouble, or from offending, He can restore. … The Psalmist does not say, I must get my soul restored, and then go to God, but “He restoreth my soul.”
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How often the absence of God causes His value to be felt, whose presence had not been appreciated!
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The slippery path of sin is often trodden with accelerated steps, because the first sin tends to weaken in the soul the authority and power of that which alone can prevent our committing still greater sins—that is, the word of God, as well as the consciousness of His presence, which imparts to the word all its practical power over us.
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It is of all importance that our inner life should be kept up to the height of our outward activity, else we are near some spiritual fall.
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It is
surprising
what a man can believe when he is left to himself,
without being kept
by God, when the power of the enemy is there. We talk
of common sense,
of reason (very precious they are), but history tells
us that God alone
gives them or preserves them to us. 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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