MY SOUL FOLLOWETH HARD AFTER THEE

MY SOUL FOLLOWETH HARD AFTER THEE

I like the way you comment on Psalm 18 (I have just read it over) and that one is more relieved by the effect of His company than if the pressure were removed. That opens out much to me. I used to be saying to myself relieved out of it, but not relieved from it; but now I enjoy the effect of association with Him being better to me than any measure of relief. O how wonderfully blessed we are. If we only lived in it!

My subject last evening was the Spirit. I began at John 3 and traced the course of the Spirit on to chapter 16 — the greatness of the Spirit!

^[p. 221] I quite agree with ———— that the breaking of bread is introductory. It is like saluting the Lord, and then we go in with Him. I often say I come to remember Him and to listen to Him. And after being in company with Him as He is, when I turn back to the wilderness path my first act will be like Him as He was here.

We had a happy meeting this morning. I so enjoyed the fact at the supper that Christ in death changed death to a spot of our deepest gain and interest, and hence now we have His death as our companion.

I should go anywhere to see a company who were breaking their hearts after the Lord. “As the hart panteth after the waterbrooks” (Psalm 42: 1), etc. “My soul followeth hard after thee”. Answer — “Thy right hand upholdeth me” (Psalm 63: 8).