July 25

Divine Energy

“This one thing I do.”
— Phil. 3:13

“In seeking earnestly the Lord and His grace … power comes in to deliver and free us and make us find in Christ delight which shuts out evil and the world. Seek this, and do not be lazy in divine things.”

“Christ is presented in glory as One who leads us on in energy, conforming us to what He is according to glory; and … when the question is of nourishing the inward life … and character, it is the humbled Christ on whom we have to feed. This is partly the case in Philippians 2 and 3: the former the inward state and character, Christ coming down; the latter a glorified Christ, the Object after which we run.”