This is not your own wish, and the stirring of your own heart, but the
everlasting Divine magnet is drawing you. These restless yearnings and
thirstings, remember, are the work of God. Come and be still, and wait upon
God. He will reveal Himself.
And how am I to wait on God? In answer I would say: first of all, in prayer
take more time to be still before God without saying one word. What is, in
prayer, the most important thing? That I catch the ear of Him to whom I
speak. We are not ready to offer our petition until we are fully conscious
of having secured the attention of God. You tell me you know all that. Yes,
you know it; but you need to have your heart filled by the Holy Spirit with
the holy consciousness that the everlasting, almighty God is indeed come
very near you. The loving one is longing to have you for His own. Be still
before God, and wait, and say: "Oh, God, take possession. Reveal Thyself,
not to my thoughts or imaginations, but by the solemn, awe-bringing,
soul-subduing consciousness that God is shining upon me bring me to the
place of dependence and humility.
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