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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70 LET US DRA IV NIGH<br />
us hold fast the confession of our hope. Life<br />
in the Holiest, in the nearness of God, must be<br />
characterised <strong>by</strong> an infinite hopefulness.<br />
It is not difficult to see the reason of this.<br />
Entering into the Holiest is only the beginning<br />
of the true Christian life. As we tarry there,<br />
God can begin to do His work of grace in<br />
power. There the holiness of God can overshadow<br />
us, and can be assimilated into our life<br />
and character. There we can learn to worship<br />
in that true humility and meekness and<br />
resignation to God's will, which does not come<br />
at once, but in -which we may grow up even as<br />
Jesus did. There we have to learn the holy<br />
art of intercession, so as to pray the prayer that<br />
prevails. There we wait to receive in larger<br />
measure, in ever fresh communications, that<br />
fulness of the Spirit which comes and is maintained<br />
only <strong>by</strong> close and living contact with<br />
Jesus on the throne. The entrance into the<br />
Holiest is only a beginning. It is to be a life<br />
in which we every hour receive everything from<br />
God, in which God's working is to be all in all.<br />
Here, if anywhere, we have need of an infinite<br />
hopefulness. After we have entered in, we<br />
shall very probably not find what we expected.<br />
The light and the joy and the power may not<br />
come at once. Within the veil it is still, nay
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