The Remembrancer: 1910, God's Way in a Time of Difficult (33:13)
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It is about Himself He speaks to the angels of the seven churches. The moment I love Him, He says to me, " Feed my sheep " (John 21:16.). All interest for others must spring from this, as welt as all instruction for myself, If I am seeking the Lord with a pure heart, I am sure to find: myself (because it is the one Spirit which is leading us) in company " with them who call on the Lord out of a pure heart." (2 Tim. 2:23). If it be the meeting, or the ministry, or the brethren, I am on a poor foundation.
The more evil the time, the more pointed, though less open, is the attempt to set aside the plan and rule of Christ. It has been-done openly in Christendom, and now the malice of Satan would have it done among those who profess to stand apart from the growing apostasy in the world. If I am seeking a place to worship in, I am sure to go wrong; for I am looking for what suits my taste, and I am not guided by principle. But if I am seeking to worship my Lord (then it is a Person, not a place, that is before my soul), I am sure to be led rightly, for the Spirit of light as in the blind man (John 9), always leads the soul that is morally outside the place of worship (as this man was, on account of his new light), to worship Him who is the light of the world (John 8:12). One faithful one, like this self-same man, confounds the most learned theologian.
Let us be like Mary Magdalene in true devotion of heart to our Lord; and like the once blind man, maintaining our light, its reality, and its source, against all comers, and in the way. We shall surely be rewarded as they were, with the assured presence of our Lord.