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True Higher Education, June 20
Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God; thy spirit is good; lead me into
the land of uprightness.
Psalm 143:10
.
“Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.” Those who do this have
a joyous life. No unpleasantness comes from their lips or from the atmosphere
surrounding the soul, for they do not feel that they are better than others. Hide in
Jesus Christ; then all the time the truth of God will be fitting you up for the future,
immortal life. When you have confidence in the Mighty One, your experience is not
borrowed; it is your own. Whatever your disposition may be, God is able to so mold
that disposition that it will be sweet and Christlike. By living faith you separate
from everything not in accordance with the mind of God, and thus bring a heaven
into your life here below. Will you do this? If you do, you will have sunshine at
every step....
True higher education is that which is received by sitting at the feet of Jesus.
Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, and He will lift you up. You
need not struggle to lift yourself. Commit your work to Him; do it in faithfulness,
in sincerity, in truth, in righteousness; and you will find that every day it brings its
reward, and that the light of heaven is shining upon you. His light, His grace, His
salvation, are thus revealed....
We know so little of Jesus Christ that we can but dimly comprehend what He
will do for us. God desires us to learn of Him.... Let your character-building be in
accordance with the beautiful pattern revealed to men in the life of Christ.
In all your work you should do as the husbandman does in producing the fruits
of the earth. Apparently he throws away the seed; but, buried in the soil, the seed, in
dying, germinates. The power of the living God gives it life and vitality, and there
is seen, “first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.” Study this
wonderful process. Oh, there is so much to learn, so much to understand, that it
seems as though we cannot learn everything during this life—and we cannot. But if
we now improve our minds to the utmost of our ability, we shall through the eternal
ages carry forward the study of God’s ways and works, continually reaching higher
and still higher.
We need now minds that can understand the simplicity of godliness. More
than we desire anything else, we should desire to have Jesus Christ abiding in the
soul-temple, because He cannot abide there without being revealed and shown forth
in fruits and good works.... God wants every one of you to be His helping hand; and
if you yield yourself to Him, He will teach and work through you, that you may be
able to impart to others. Then you will be able to say, “O God, ‘thy gentleness hath
made me great’!” (
Manuscript 91, 1901
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