The Master's Indwelling eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 161 pages of information about The Master's Indwelling.

The Master's Indwelling eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 161 pages of information about The Master's Indwelling.
of Jesus?  It is a solemn question, but, thank God, the answer can be given.  First we must desire it above everything.  Let us learn to pray God to deliver us from every vestige of pride, for this is a cursed thing.  Let us learn to set aside for a time other things in the Christian life, and begin to plead with the Lamb of God day by day, “O Lamb of God, I know Thy love, but I know so little of Thy meekness.”  Come day after day, and lay your heart against His heart, and say to Him with strong desire:  “Jesus, Lamb of God, give, oh, give me Thyself, with Thy meekness and humility,” and He will fulfill the desire of them that fear Him.  It is not enough to desire it and to pray for it; claim and accept it as yours.  This humility is given you in Christ Jesus.  Christ is our life.  What does that mean?  Oh, that God might give you and me a vision of what that means.  The air is our life, and the air is everywhere, universal.  We breathe without difficulty because God surrounds us with the air; and is the air nearer to me than Christ is?  The sun gives light to every green leaf and every blade of grass, shining hour by hour and moment by moment.  And is the sun nearer to the blade of grass than Christ is to man’s soul?  Verily, no; Christ is around us on every side; Christ is pressing on us to enter, and there is nothing in heaven, or earth, or hell, that can keep the light of Christ from shining into the heart that is empty and open.  If the windows of your room were closed with shutters, the light could not enter; it would be on the outside of the building, streaming and streaming against the shutters; but it could not enter.  But leave the windows without shutters, and the light comes, it rejoices to come in and fill the room.  Even so, children of God, Jesus and His light, Jesus and His humility, are around you on every side, longing to enter into your hearts.  Come and take Him to-day in His blessed meekness and gentleness.  Do not be afraid of Him; He is the Lamb of God.  He is so patient with you, He is so kindly towards you, He is so tender and loving.  Take courage to-day and trust Jesus to come into your heart and take possession of it.  And when He has taken possession, there will be a life day by day of blessed fellowship with Him, and you will feel a necessity ever deeper for your quiet time with Him, and for worshiping and adoring Him, and for just sinking down before Him in helplessness and humility, and saying:  “Jesus, I am nothing, and Thou art all.”  It will be a blessed life, because you will be conscious of being at the feet of Jesus.  At this moment you can claim Jesus in His divine humility as the life of your soul.  Will you?  Will you not open your heart, and say:  “Come in; come in?”

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