May 11
Daily Gleanings of the Saintly LifeSaturday in Passion Week
The tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God. Revelation 21:3.
LEARN to commune with Him in stillness, and He Whom thou hast sought in stillness, will be with thee when thou goest abroad. Go not abroad out of thyself, and He will not depart from thee. He cometh not to us to leave us, if we would detain Him with us. Gather thyself from time to time in thyself; recall to thyself, "Whose am I? for whom am I doing this? how would God have me do it?" Lift up thine eyes to the holy "Pattern showed to thee in the mount," even His "Who came not to do His own will, but the will of Him Who sent Him." Thy Redeemer, Who would work all thy works in thee, will gather thee up wholly into Himself, all thy thoughts, words, and deeds, that they be thought, spoken, done in Him. His visitations are seasons of grace. Miss we not, for our own souls, any. So shall joy spring out of sorrow, abundance out of want, comfort out of desolation, hope out of hopelessness, rest out of trouble, life out of death, from brief "afflictions" an "eternal weight of glory." God shall speak to our hearts, and our hearts shall say unto Him, "Thy Face, Lord, will I seek;" and He Himself shall be the strength of our hearts now in this "valley of the shadow of death." Himself, "Who filleth all things," shall, "in the land of the living," and "the brightness of His presence," be our portion for ever.
Shepherd, Thou Thy sheep thus ransomed,
To Thy country lead on high;
Where for ever in fruition
I may see Thee eye to eye.