Holiest of All by Andrew Murray

Ubc Ibolicst of HIl 161
Epistle we shall find everything changed ; we
shall read of a
heart in which God's law is written, of a true heart, a heart
sprinkled with the blood, a heart stablished by grace (viii. lo,
X. 22, xiii. 9). We have here the transition from the one to the
other. God's appeal was, To-day, if ye hear His voice, harden
not your heart. The heart that will but yield itself to be searched
by God's word, to have its secret thoughts and intents discerned
and judged by it, will be freed from its erring and unbelief, and
quickened and cleansed, and made a living table on which the
word is written by God Himself. Oh, to know how needful it
is,
but also how blessed, to yield our hearts to the judgment of
the word.
And there is no creature that is not manifest in His sight.
God's word bears the character of God Himself. He is the
all-knowing and all-pervading : nothing
the judgment of His word.
can hide itself from
If we will not have it judge us now,
it will condemn us hereafter. For all things are naked and
laid open before the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.
Yes, the God with whom we have to do is He of whom we later
read :
" It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living
God." And again: "Our God is a consuming fire." It is this
God who now pleads with us to enter into His rest.
Let each of us gladly yield ourselves to have to do with
Him. If perhaps there be a secret consciousness that all is not
right, that we are not giving diligence
to enter into the rest, oh,
let us beware of setting such thoughts aside. It is the first
swelling of the living seed of the word within us. Do not
regard that thought as coming from thyself, or from man who
brings thee God's word ; it is God waking thee out of sleep.
Have to do with Him. Be willing that the word should show
thee what is wrong. Be not afraid of its discovering to thee thy
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