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Once allow the manifestation of His grace in these poor hearts of ours to be a miracle, and there is no need to defer it vaguely. ONCE ALLOW THE MANIFESTATION OF HIS GRACE IN THESE POOR HEARTS OF OURS TO BE A MIRACLE AND THERE IS NO NEED TO DEFER IT VAGUELY
Holiness means something more than the sweeping away of the old leaves of sin: it means the life of Jesus developed in us. No matter if we feel utterly helpless before that lovely life of His. Given the conditions--the hidden power within, and the old outlets of growth shut off--the sun will do the rest; out of the midst of apparent lifelessness, of barrenness, of difficulty, the blossoms will be drawn forth. Do not let us "limit the Holy One of Israel" by putting off His power to work this miracle into a distant future. How hopeless the naked wood of a fruit tree would look to us in February if we had never seen the marvel of springtime! Yet the heavenly bloom bursts straight out, with hardly an intermediate step of new growth. Look again at a flowering rush. The crest breaks forth from nothingness--out of the lifeless-seeming pith come crowding the golden brown blossoms, till there is hardly "room to receive" them. What more do we need for our souls than to have this God for our God? CE FULL AND FRAGRANT HOLINESS MEANS SOMETHING MORE THAN THE SWEEPING AWAY OF THE OLD LEAVES OF SIN IT MEANS THE LIFE OF JESUS DEVELOPED IN US NO MATTER IF WE FEEL UTTERLY HOPELESS BEFORE THAT LOVELY LIFE OF HIS GIVEN THE CONDITIONS THE HIDDEN POWER WITHIN AND THE OLD OUTLETS OF GROWTH SHUT OFF THE SUN WILL DO THE REST OUT OF THE MIDST OF APPARENT LIFELESSNESS OR OF BARRENNESS OF DIFFICULTY THE BLOSSOMS WILL BE DRAWN FORTH DO NOT LET US LIMIT THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL BY PUTTING OFF HIS POWER TO WORK THIS MIRACLE INTO A DISTANT FUTURE HOW HOPELESS THE NAKED WOOD OF A FRUIT TREE WOULD LOOK TO US IN FEBRUARY IF WE HAD NEVER SEEN THE MARVEL OF SPRINGTIME YET THE HEAVENLY BLOOM BURSTS STRAIGHT OUT WITH HARDLY AN INTERMEDIATE STEP OF NEW GROWTH LOOK AGAIN AT A FLOWERING RUSH THE CREST BREAKS FORTH FROM NOTHINGNESS OUT OF THE LIFELESS SEEMING PITH COME CROWDING THE GOLDEN BROWN BLOSSOMS TILL THERE IS HARDLY ROOM TO RECEIVE THEM WHAT MORE DO WE NEED FOR OUR SOULS THAN TO HAVE THIS GOD FOR OUR GOD
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