Week Twenty-Nine

Lord Jesus! Source of every grace,

Glorious in light divine.

It is a blessed truth that … we cannot be in circumstances Christ is not sufficient for. Whether it be the church or individual saints, it is impossible to be in a place for which Christ is not sufficient.

I was noticing awhile back how perfect the words, “Rejoice in the Lord always”!—there is the positive portion. “Be careful for nothing” then, as to all that is down here; and in laying our burdens on His throne and heart, it is peace—for He is not troubled and knows the end from the beginning—the peace of God keeps our hearts. What a sanctuary to have in going through!

Above all, believe ever—“My grace is sufficient for thee.” When the heart gets on Christ, all is easy: it is away from what is a snare to us.

He is always the same, sufficient for the young, and sufficient also for the old, and so full of tenderness and grace. May we be kept humble, so as to know Him, and all the resources that are in Him, and they are in Him for … even loneliness—for He has felt it: “Ye shall leave me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.” So you can say, “I and Christ that is with me.”

The more we know of Him, the more we know He is everything.

Our wisdom is to know that we can do nothing without Jesus—with Him everything that is according to His will. The secret of peace is to be occupied with Him for His own sake, and then we shall find peace in Him and through Him, and be more than conquerors when trouble comes.

It is a great thing to see that the power of Grist in us can set us entirely above everything.