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Seek God with All the Heart, May 5
Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I
declare that I will render double unto thee.
Zechariah 9:12
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We need to educate the soul to lay hold, and hold fast the rich promises
of Christ. The Lord Jesus knows that it is not possible for us to resist the
many temptations of Satan, only as we shall have divine power given us
from God. He well knows that in our own human strength we should surely
fail. Therefore every provision has been made, that in every emergency
and trial we shall flee to the Stronghold.... We have the word of promise
from lips that will not lie.... We must individually cherish the faith that
we receive of Him the things He hath promised.
God will be to us everything we will let Him be. Our languid, half-
hearted prayers will not bring us returns from heaven. Oh, we need to
press our petitions! Ask in faith, wait in faith, receive in faith, rejoice in
hope, for everyone that seeketh findeth. Be in earnest in the matter. Seek
God with all the heart. People put soul and earnestness into everything
they undertake in temporal things, until their efforts are crowned with
success. With intense earnestness learn the trade of seeking the rich
blessings that God has promised, and with persevering, determined effort
you shall have His light and His truth and His rich grace.
In sincerity, in soul hunger, cry after God. Wrestle with the heavenly
agencies until you have the victory. Put your whole being into the Lord’s
hands, soul, body, and spirit, and resolve to be His loving, consecrated
agency, moved by His will, controlled by His mind, infused by His Spirit.
Tell Jesus your wants in the sincerity of your soul. You are not required
to hold a long controversy with, or preach a sermon to, God, but with a
heart of sorrow for your sins, say, “Save me, Lord, or I perish.” There
is hope for such souls. They will seek, they will ask, they will knock,
and they will find. When Jesus has taken away the burden of sin that is
crushing the soul, you will experience the blessedness of the peace of
Christ.
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