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by L B Cowman
In The Heavenly Places
"But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great
love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us
together with Christ . . . and hath raised us up together, and made us sit
together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus" (Eph. 2:4-6).
This is our rightful place, to be "seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus,"
and to "sit still" there. But how few there are who make it their actual
experience! How few, indeed think even that it is possible for them to "sit
still" in these "heavenly places" in the everyday life of a world so full of
turmoil as this.
We may believe perhaps that to pay a little visit to these heavenly places on
Sundays, or now and then in times of spiritual exaltation, may be within the
range of possibility; but to be actually "seated" there every day and all day
long is altogether another matter; and yet it is very plain that it is for
Sundays and week-days as well.
A quiet spirit is of inestimable value in carrying on outward activities; and
nothing so hinders the working of the hidden spiritual forces, upon which, after
all, our success in everything really depends, as a spirit of unrest and
anxiety.
There is immense power in stillness. A great saint once said, "All things come
to him who knows how to trust and be silent." The words are pregnant with
meaning. A knowledge of this fact would immensely change our ways of working.
Instead of restless struggles, we would "sit down" inwardly before the Lord, and
would let the Divine forces of His Spirit work out in silence the ends to which
we aspire. You may not see or feel the operations of this silent force, but be
assured it is always working mightily, and will work for you, if you only get
your spirit still enough to be carried along by the currents of its power.
--Hannah Whitall Smith
"There is a point of rest
It is your business to learn to be peaceful and safe in God in every situation.
At the great center of the cyclone's force,
A silence at its secret source;
A little child might slumber undisturbed,
Without the ruffle of one fair curl,
In that strange, central calm, amid the mighty whirl."
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