How do I know
anything about the sun? Because the sun shines, and in its light I see what
the sun is. The sun is its own evidence. No philosopher could have told me
about the sun if the sun did not shine. No power of meditation and thought
can grasp the presence of God. Be quiet, and trusting, and resting, and the
everlasting God will shine into your heart, and will reveal Himself. And
then, just as naturally as I enjoy the light of the sun, and as naturally
as I look upon the pages of a book knowing that I can see the letters
because the light shines; just as naturally will God reveal Himself to the
waiting soul, and make His presence a reality. God will take His place as
God in the presence of His child, so that absolutely and actually the
chief thing in the child's heart shall be: "God is here, God makes Himself
known." Beloved, is not this what you long for--that God shall take a place
that He has never had; and that God shall come to you in a nearness that
you have never felt yet; and, above all, that God shall come to you in an
abiding and unbroken fellowship? God is able to take His place before you
all the day.
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