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“Come Ye Yourselves Apart”, September 10
Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine
heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
Psalm 27:14
.
No other life was ever so crowded with labor and responsibility as was
that of Jesus, yet how often He was found in prayer! How constant was
His communion with God! ... As one with us, a sharer in our needs and
weaknesses, He was wholly dependent upon God, and in the secret place
of prayer He sought divine strength that He might go forth braced for duty
and trial. In a world of sin Jesus endured struggles and torture of soul. In
communion with God He could unburden the sorrows that were crushing
Him....
In Christ the cry of humanity reached the Father of infinite pity. As a
man He supplicated the throne of God till His humanity was charged with
a heavenly current that should connect humanity with divinity. Through
continual communion He received life from God, that He might impart life
to the world. His experience is to be ours. “Come ye yourselves apart”
(
Mark 6:31
), He bids us. If we would give heed to His Word we should
be stronger and more useful.... If today we would take time to go to Jesus
and tell Him our needs we should not be disappointed; He would be at our
right hand to help us....
In all who are under the training of God is to be revealed a life that is
not in harmony with the world, its customs, or its practices, and everyone
needs to have a personal experience in obtaining a knowledge of the will
of God. We must individually hear Him speaking to the heart. When every
other voice is hushed, and in quietness we wait before Him, the silence of
the soul makes more distinct the voice of God. He bids us, “Be still, and
know that I am God” (
Psalm 46:10
). Here alone can true rest be found.
And this is the effectual preparation for all who labor for God. Amid the
hurrying throng and the strain of life’s intense activities, the soul that is
thus refreshed will be surrounded with an atmosphere of light and peace.
The life will breathe out fragrance and will reveal a divine power that will
reach men’s hearts
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The Desire of Ages, 362, 363
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