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 39<br />
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X.— 22. <strong>Let</strong> us draw near with a true heart.<br />
We have been looking at the four great blessings<br />
of the new worship <strong>by</strong> which God encourages us<br />
to draw near to Him. We shall now see what<br />
the four chief things are that God seeks for in us<br />
as we come to Him. Of these the first is, a true<br />
heart.<br />
In man's nature the heart is the central power.<br />
As the heart is, so is the man. The desire and<br />
the choice, the love and the hatred of the heart<br />
prove what a man is already, and decide what<br />
he is to become. Just as we judge of a man's<br />
physical character, his size and strength and age<br />
and habits, <strong>by</strong> his outward appearance, so the<br />
heart gives the real inward man his character<br />
and " the hidden man of the heart " is what God<br />
looks to. God has in Christ given us access to<br />
the secret place of His duelling, to the inner<br />
sanctuary of \Y\* pre t m^- and His heart; no
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