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Again and again has a breaking come:  the seed broke to let go the shoot  the leaf bud broke to let go the leaf, and the flower bud to let go the flower  but all to no practical avail, if there is a holding back now. AGAIN AND AGAIN HAS A BREAKING COME THE SEED BROKE TO LET GO THE SHOOT THE LEAF BUD BROKE TO LET GO THE LEAF AND THE FLOWER BUD TO LET GO THE FLOWER BUT ALL TO NO PRACTICAL AVAIL IF THERE IS A HOLDING BACK NOW
eally mean the emptying to reach so far as this?" Study the inner life of Jesus. "I speak not of Myself" He says. "I can of Mine own self do nothing." "I seek not Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me." His human self-life, sinless though it was, was laid down that He might live by the Father, and our self-life, defiled and worthless, shall we not lay it down that we may live by Him? But how? Again not by struggling and wrestling, but by dying to it in Jesus. "I am crucified with Christ"--I myself in the very essence of my being, I let myself go to that death, and by the mysterious power with which God meets faith, I find that He has made it true: the bonds are loosed and He can have His way with me. See in these wild iris-pods how the last tiny threads must be broken, and with that loosing, all that they have is free for God's use in His world around. All reluctance, all calculating, all holding in is gone; the husks are opened wide, the seeds can shed themselves unhindered. SURRENDER DO YOU ASK DOES GOD REALLY MEAN THE EMPTYING TO REACH SO FAR AS THIS STUDY THE INNER LIFE OF JESUS I SPEAK NOT OF MINE OWN SELF HE SAYS I CAN OF MINE OWN SELF DO NOTHING I SEEK NOT MINE OWN WILL BUT THE WILL OF HIM THAT SENT ME HIS HUMAN SELF LIFE SINLESS THOUGH IT WAS WAS LAID DOWN THAT HE MIGHT LIVE BY THE FATHER AND OUR SELF LIFE DEFILED AND WORTHLESS SHALL WE NOT LAY IT DOWN THAT WE MAY LIVE BY HIM BUT HOW AGAIN NOT BY STRUGGLING AND WRESTLING BUT BY DYING TO IT IN JESUS I AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST I MYSELF IN THE VERY ESSENCE OF MY BEING I LET MYSELF GO TO THAT DEATH AND BY THE MYSTERIOUS POWER WITH WHICH GOD MEETS FAITH I FIND THAT HE HAS MADE IT TRUE THE BONDS ARE LOOSED AND HE CAN HAVE HIS WAY WITH ME SEE IN THESE WILD IRIS PODS HOW THE LAST TINY THREADS MUST BE BROKEN AND WITH THAT LOOSING ALL THAT THEY HAVE IS FREE FOR GOD'S USE IN HIS WORLD AROUND ALL RELUCTANCE ALL CALCULATING ALL HOLDING IN IS GONE THE HUSKS ARE OPENED WIDE THE SEEDS CAN SHED THEMSELVES UNHINDERED
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