Let Us Draw Nigh! by Andrew Murray
The Way to a Life Abiding Continually in the Secret of God's Presence
The Way to a Life Abiding Continually in the Secret of God's Presence
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LET US DRA W NIGH 35<br />
in it the power of true divinity that filleth all.<br />
Just as Adam was our forerunner into death,<br />
and we have all the power of his sin and death<br />
working in us and drawing us on, so we have<br />
Jesus as our Forerunner into God's presence,<br />
with all the power of<br />
His death and His resurrection-life<br />
working in us, and drawing and<br />
lifting us with divine energy into the Father's<br />
presence. God Las no delight in a fellowship<br />
with anything but the image of His Beloved<br />
3on. There can be no true worship or<br />
drawing nigh to God except as we are likeminded<br />
to Christ, and come with His pirit and<br />
disposition in us. And this is now His work, as<br />
High Priest bringing us nigh to God, that He<br />
breathes His own disposition in us, and we<br />
draw near to God, in living union with Him.<br />
Yes, Jesus, with His divine,<br />
His heavenly life,<br />
in the power of the throne on which He is<br />
seated, has entered into the deepest ground of<br />
our being, where Adam, where sin, do their<br />
work, and is there, unceasingly carrying out His<br />
work of lifting us heavenward into God's<br />
presence, and of making God's heavenly presence<br />
here on earth our portion.<br />
And why is it we enjoy this so little % And<br />
what is needed that we come to its full enjoyment?<br />
And how can Jesus truly be to us a