THE SPIRIT'S WORK IN YOU IS YOUR MEASURE

THE SPIRIT’S WORK IN YOU IS YOUR MEASURE

One is in great retirement here, but I look to the Lord that He may accomplish His pleasure in having me here.

The more I see the more assured I am that you must be apart from the man in the flesh to apprehend and enjoy your own blessings, and you must be apart from this place (the earth) to be truly for Christ here. All the darkness in souls as to eternal life arises from not seeing the first; you must go outside of man to enjoy it in Christ where it is for you.

The readings at —————, thank the Lord, were very good. They were chiefly on the Spirit’s work in us. Many suppose because they see more in the scriptures that they have grown. You never get beyond the measure of the Spirit’s work in you, and you cannot be behind His work unless you are under a cloud.

I am sure many mistake fresh light for the work of the Spirit in them. I think the light comes first, and then as the conscience is exercised and the heart attracted, the Spirit makes the light good in our souls. The light is then in us. The first and continual mark of divine favour is, “I will be with thee”. The second or additional one, and which is infinitely greater, is, “Part with me”.

There is much good material at ————, but they have to accept the wilderness more definitely. It is very important to bear in mind that no one can be conducted to heaven morally, but through the wilderness. You must accept this world as a ‘wilderness wide’ before you can pass from it into heaven. Rebekah had to be conducted to Isaac through the wilderness. What I mean is that to be conducted to Christ in heaven you must accept that this world is a wilderness where death is, and that life is only with Him.