our being. But
then the external working of His power does not cease, but it only
increases, and seems the more glorious. The Power that dwells within us
works without us, answering prayer, healing sickness, overruling
providences, "Doing exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think,
according to the Power that worketh in us."

There is a double presence of the Lord for the consecrated believer. He is
present in the heart, and is mightily present in the events of life. He is
the Christ in us, the Christ of all the days, with all power in heaven and
earth.

And so the Holy Ghost is our wonder-worker, our all sufficient God and
Guardian, and He is waiting in these days to work as mightily in the
affairs of men as in the days of Moses, of Daniel and of Paul.

JULY 25.

"He that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God" (Rom. xiv.
18).

God can only use us while we are right. Satan cared far less for Peter's
denial of his Master than for the use he made of it afterwards to destroy
his faith. So Jesus said to him: "I have prayed for thee that thy faith
fail not." It was Peter's faith he attacked, and so it is our faith that
Satan contests. "The trial of our faith is much more precious than gold
that perisheth."

Whatever else we let go let us hold steadfastly to our trust. "Cast not
away, therefore, your confidence," and "hold fast the rejoicing of our
hope firm unto the end." And if you would hold your trust, hold your
sweetness, your rightness of spirit, your obedience to Christ, your
victory in every way.

Whatever comes, regard it as of less consequence, than that you should
triumph and stand fast, and accepting every circumstance as God is pleased
to let occur, wave the banner of your victory in the face of every foe,
and go on, shouting in His name, "Thanks be unto God that always causeth
us to triumph in Christ Jesus."

JULY 26.

"Now mine eye seeth Thee" (Job xlii. 5).

We must recognize the true character of our self-life and its real
virulence and vileness. We must consent to its destruction, and we must
take it ourselves, as Abraham did Isaac, and lay it at the feet of God in
willing sacrifice.

This is a hard work for the natural heart, but the moment the will is
yielded and the choice is made, that death is past, the agony is over, and
we are astonished to find that the death is accomplished.

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