April 19

The great thing is you must live near to God. You must let no problem interest you that does

not bring you into the life of God. And remember what we talk about when we talk about coming near to God, and God coming near to us. I do not know what it is for God to come near to us. He is infinitely near at every moment of our life. I do not know how He can come any nearer to me, or how I can come any nearer to Him, except in the discovery of His nearness to me. There is no coming nearer of God to man, except the showing to man how near He is to man already. And there is no coming near of man to God, except in the man's coming to know how near he always has been to the heavenly Father. And so the coming near to God is just the opening of the eyes, just the knowing of the fact that God is infinitely near to you. You cannot picture greater nearness. You cannot crowd yourself to His bosom more closely than He is holding you to His bosom now.