LEARNING THE HEART OF CHRIST

LEARNING THE HEART OF CHRIST

Having heard that you have not been very well lately I send you a line. I have been much interested within the last few days in seeing the way the Lord reveals His heart to us. His heart is the greatest favour He could give us. His heart is beyond His hand. It is when His hand is apparently against us that He makes known His heart, which is far beyond anything His hand could do for us. Joseph’s brethren had lost their father, a very dark hour, and that was the moment when they were to learn the heart of Joseph. Peter passed through much anguish when he fell at Jesus’ knees, and yet that was the moment in which he learned the heart of Jesus.

The horror of great darkness is the gateway into the most blessed unfoldings of His love. It has very much interested me to see that He does not propose to give us relief, but He would have us to find in Himself not only a ^[p. 72] resource, but abundant compensation for all loss. It is Himself and not anything He could give. It magnifies to my heart much the love that would make me know that He Himself is the greatest thing He could give me, and to make up for any loss, however great....

Our history has two parts. The first part God’s grace to ourselves. The second His grace to us in our service to Christ. I think I have often confounded the latter with the former, but I am beginning to see that they are quite distinct. The Lord bless you in your service for Him. It is a cheer to me to remember you before Him.