THE IMPERFECT WAY TRUTH IS APPREHENDED, INTIMACY, ETC.

THE IMPERFECT WAY TRUTH IS APPREHENDED, INTIMACY, ETC.

I have had, through the Lord’s goodness, a very happy time, though with occasional exercises. “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning” (Psalm 30: 5). At present I feel distressed at the imperfect way the truth is apprehended. From the gospel up, Satan’s object is to deprive us of it as much as he can. A measure is accepted which meets man’s need, but our relation to God is not reached. I ask myself, How is this lack to be corrected? It is very helpful to see in Ephesians 4, that if you were well grown you would not be “tossed to and fro”. The higher you go the safer you are a fine principle, hence Satan would prevent us from going to the top!

I have been lately very much interested in the subject of intimacy with the Lord (John 10: 14, 15), where it begins, and the height or measure to which it rises. I think it begins when I see Him risen from the dead, as Jonathan saw David after he had slain Goliath, and it rises to union; but I must leave it to you to trace it out for yourselves.

I am glad that you feel as you do about prayer. I feel that one has so little faith in one’s prayers. Thank God one has sometimes, and it is very blessed.

The nearer we get to the Lord for one another the deeper the love, because it is more as He loves.