To be near unto God - pagina 316

are never separated from God. We ran not be an5rwhere and God not be near. He besets us behind and before. Whither shall we go from his Spirit, whither shall we flee from his presence. We can not escape the presence of God. *'If I make my bed in hell," sings David, Ps. 139. "behold Thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there shall Thy hand lead me, and Thy right hand shall hold me," God is never away from us. He can not be away from us, neither can we be away from Him. He is the Omnipresent One. And his almighty power is operative every moment in every pulse-beat of the blood, in every quiver of the nerves, and in every breath

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we draw. But this Divine Omnipresence does not consitute fellowship of our spirit with the Spirit of First things are necessary for this. God. that God makes his approach to our spirit and reveals to us the tokens of his holy presence within; and again, that our spirit opens itself to the Spirit of God, allows him to come in, goes out toward him, and in seeking him will not rest The approach of the Spirit until it finds him. of God to our spirit may impart a mere superficial impression, and no more. In this sense there is

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anyone who at sometime or other scarely in his life has not been aware of a certain impulse from God in the soul. This has been perceived in the midst of sin. It is different, however, when the Lord God discloses himself to us, makes himself known, taking up his abode in the soul, and annouces himself as the secret friend of the heart. Then alone the secret walk with God becomes

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