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August 8, 2008
PRAYER IN THE FATHER'S HONOUR
That holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be
called the Son of God.
Luke 1:35
http://www.SearchGodsWord.org/desk/?query=lu+1:35&sr=1
If the Son of God is born into my mortal flesh, is His holy innocence
and simplicity and oneness with the Father getting a chance to
manifest itself in me? What was true of the Virgin Mary in the
historic introduction of God's Son into this earth is true in every
saint. The Son of God is born into me by the direct act of God; then
I as a child of God have to exercise the right of a child, the right
of being always face to face with my Father. Am I continually saying
with amazement to my common-sense life - why do you want to turn me
off here? Don't you know that I must be about my Father's business?
Whatever the circumstances may be, that Holy Innocent Eternal Child
must be in contact with His Father.
Am I simple enough to identify myself with my Lord in this way? Is He
getting his wonderful way in me? Is God realizing that His Son is
formed in me, or have I carefully put Him on one side? Oh, the
clamour of these days! Everyone is clamouring - for what? For the Son
of God to be put to death. There is no room here for the Son of God
just now, no room for quiet holy communion with the Father.
Is the Son of God praying in me or am I dictating to Him? Is He
ministering in me as He did in the days of His flesh? Is the Son of
God in me going through His passion for His own purposes? The more
one knows of the inner life of God's ripest saints, the more one sees
what God's purpose is - "filling up that which is behind of the
affliction of Christ." There is always something to be done in the
sense of "filling up."
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