9. His Will for thee. Think first of the infinite
| Christ for Us nothing from His dear children, and what we cannot receive now He is keeping for us. He gives us hidden riches of secret places now, but by and by He will give us more, and the glorified intellect will be filled continually out of His treasures of wisdom and knowledge. But the sanctified intellect will be, must be, used for Him, and only for Him, now!
9. His Will for thee. Think first of the infinite might of that will; the first great law and the first great force of the universe, from which alone every other law and every other force has sprung, and to which all are subordinate. He worketh all things after the counsel of His own will. He doeth according to His will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth.
Then think of the infinite mysteries of that will.
For ages and generations the hosts of heaven have wonderingly watched its vouchsafed unveilings and its sublime developments, and still they are waiting, watching, and wondering.
Creation and Providence are but the whisper of its power, but Redemption is its music, and praise is the echo which shall yet fill His temple. The whisper and the music, yes, and the thunder of His power, are all for thee. For what is the good pleasure of His will? (Eph. i. 5). Oh, what a grand list of blessings purposed, provided, purchased and possessed, all flowing to us out of it! And nothing but blessings, nothing but privileges, which we never should have imagined, and which, even when re-
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vealed, we are slow of heart to believe; nothing but what should even now fill us with joy unspeakable
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Think of this will as always and altogether on our side—always working for us, and in us, and with us, if we will only let it; think of it as always and only synonymous with infinitely wise and almighty love; think of it as undertaking all for us, from the great work of our eternal salvation down to the momentary details of guidance and supply: and do we not feel utter shame and self-abhorrence at ever hesitating for an instant to give up our tiny, feeble, blind will to be—not crushed, not even bent, but blent with His glorious and perfect will?
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=*"Behold «=... He 1s mighty ... in heart,'' said Job (Job xxxvi. 5, margin). And this mighty and tender heart is for thee! If He had only stretched forth His Hand to save us from bare destruction, and said, ''My hand for thee!'' how could we have praised Him enough?
But what shall we say of the unspeakably marvelous condescension which says, ""Thou hast ravished (margin, taken away) My heart, My sister,
My spouse!'' The very fountain of His divine life, and light, and love, the very center of His being, is given to His beloved ones, who are not only set as a seal upon His heart, but taken into His heart, so that our life is hid there, and we dwell there in the very center of all safety, and power, and love, and glory.
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