The New Life

The New Ufe.
flesh, in -which we were born of our father Adam, is
what God would have. The ofiFering up of what is
most precious to man is the way to the blessing of
God.i "Get thee to a land that I will show thee,"
says the Lord, out of the old life to a new life, where
I alone am your guide ; that is, a life where God can
have me wholly for Himself alone, where I walk only
on the promises of God—a life of faith.
Christian, God will, in a Divine fashion, fulfill to
you His promise, "I will bless thee."
O go, pray,
out of your land and your father* s house, out of the
life of nature and the flesh, out of intercourse with
the flesh and this world, to the New lyife, the life of
the Spirit, the life in fellowship with God to which
He will lead you. There you become receptive of
His blessing ; there your heart becomes open to full
faith in His word, " I will bless thee ;" there He can
fulfill that word to you, and make you full of His
blessing and power to be a blessing to others. Live
with God, separated from the world : then shall you
hear the voice of God speak with power : "I will
bless thee ;
" "Be thou a blessing."
O my Father, show me the way to that promised
land where Thou bringest Thy people to have them
wholly for Thyself. I will abandon everything to
follow Thee, to hold converse with Thee alone, in
order that Thou mayest fill me with Thy blessing.
Lord, let Thy word, *'I will bless Thee," live in my
heart as a word of God : then shall I give myself
wholly to live for others and to be a blessing. Amen.
il,uke xviii. 29, 30; John xii. 24, 25; 2 Cor. vi. 17, 18.
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