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 73<br />
a way we have no conception of. <strong>Let</strong> us hold<br />
fast the confession of our hope, for He is faithful<br />
that promised.<br />
My reader, thou hast heard the call, <strong>Let</strong> us<br />
draw near in fulness of faith. And hast<br />
obeyed? And hast believed that Jesus takes<br />
thee into a life of abiding in God's presence?<br />
And art, even amid the absence of feeling or<br />
experience, even amid the doubts and fears that<br />
threaten to press in, holding fast the confession<br />
of thy hope?—Listen, look up—He is faithful<br />
that promised! <strong>Let</strong> this be thy rock. Say<br />
continually<br />
my soul, hope thou in God, for I<br />
shall yetpraise Him. Thou art my hope, God/<br />
I will hope continually, and praise Thee yet<br />
more and more. This is the blessing of the<br />
inner sanctuary, that<br />
thou hast found thy true<br />
place at God's feet, there to wait in absolute<br />
dependence and helplessness on His working.<br />
Look up in the boldness the blood gives thee.<br />
Look up with a true heart, in which the Holy<br />
Spirit dwells and works. Look up with a heart<br />
sprinkled <strong>by</strong> thy blessed High Priest with the<br />
blood—and hope, yes hope in God, to do His<br />
divine work in thy soul. <strong>Let</strong> Him be to thee<br />
more than ever the God of hope. Claim the<br />
fulfilment of the promise of His word : The God<br />
of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believinj,