To be near unto God - pagina 385

ously wrought, and in addition to this the ego And in Job 10:9-12: that was made in secret. ''Thou hast made me as the clay; Thou hast poured me out as milk, and curdled me Uke Thou hast clothed me with skin and cheese. flesh, and hast fenced (crocheted) me with bones and sinews," and over and above all this "Thou What is hast given me life," i. e. my spirit. visible, and tangible, comes first, and into this enters the invisible, that which exists in the secret And places of the heart, and that is our spirit. God does not abandon the spirit within us to itself. It remains in his hand. It is ever under his care. He watches over it. He has the supervision of it. And regarding this Job declares: "Thy oversight hath preserved my spirit" (Job 10:12 Dutch version. See Marg. read. R. V.) At first we know nothing of this Divine oversight of our spirit. The infant in the cradle is utterly unconscious of mother's care. The sick man in his slumber is not aware of the nurse at his bedside. Only when in later years the eye of the soul is opened to the supervision and faithfulness of God, we become slowly conscious of this Divine oversight of our spirit. Provisionally it is the discovery of the heavenly Father's supervision with respect to our outward life, and then

only on special occasions, when, for instance, we have been delivered from sudden danger. We are under the impression that life goes on of itself, and that only in particular instances God considers and looks after us. For many years prayer and thanksgiving assume a warmer and more personal character only in moments of special need or anxiety.

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