The Holiest of All By Andrew Murray

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For Himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, nor
in any wise forsake thee. Yes, when God is the portion of
the soul, it may well be content with what it has of earth.
It is
the consciousness of the favour and nearness of God that makes
the soul rise above all that the world can offer. To lead the
truly Christian life, the life of faith amid daily duties and daily
care, we need the presence of God as our better and abiding
possession. Our earthly and our heavenly life are more closely
linked than we know. Too much of interest in or attachment to
earthly things inevitably
weakens our hold on God. True
fellowship with God at once brings us into the right relation
to earthly things. Let our faith study
and feed on the
promise: Himself hath said, I will in no wise leave thee,
nor in any wise forsake thee. The faith that clings to its
fulfilment will overcome the world.
So that with good courage we say, The Lord is my helper ;
I shall not fear: what shall man do unto me? God s
promise ever claims an answer. Here the answer is given us
with which our hearts ought to respond to His I will in no
wise leave thee ;
with good courage we say, the Lord is my
helper, I shall not fear. Let us speak the words loud out,
and repeat them until we feel that they are ours. Whether it
be in temporal need, or in our many spiritual requirements, we
are often tempted to faint and A fear. promise of God, such as
we have here, is meant for the hour of trial. Everything may
at times appear very dark ;
we cry and no answer comes ;
it
almost looks as if God had forgotten us. Let, in the fulness of
faith, the voice of the cloud of witnesses, all bidding us be of
good courage and to wait patiently, enter our hearts, and let us
:
say Himself hath said, I will in no wise leave thee. Let
us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not,