The Wonder of the Cross – Day 16 – Inhabit The Praise
Before the service, speak to God;
During the service, allow God to speak to you;
After the service, speak to one another…
Before the service, speak to God;
During the service, allow God to speak to you;
After the service, speak to one another…
The way of obedience is the way of joy.
Love, thou didst enter very softly in
To hold this heart of mine.
No sound, no stir, no sign!
How couldst thou cross my threshold all unseen?
If one lover of the Lord goes to a meeting unready, conscious perhaps of some shadow of self in the centre, some out-of-tuneness, there will be loss to everyone.
Can we dare let the ‘Breath of God’ breathe on us?
Above all, thank God for His Book of books. Is there a need it cannot meet? Is there a dryness it cannot refresh? Not one.
Mountaintop or dark valley, bright summer day or deepest night, there is no-one else to go to, no-one else to guide us, no-one else to feed us, no-one else to hold us.
There is a sense in which every soul that follows hard after its God must find itself alone. ‘He who follows Him the nearest needs must walk alone.’ It is part of the discipline of life.
‘Thou, O Christ, art all I want;
More than all in Thee I find:’
We don’t deserve this love but we are loved anyway. The least we can do is respond with words of praise and aim to live lives of service.