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Seeking God With All The Heart, April 12
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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