And what is
the whole creation groaning for? For the redemption, the glorious liberty
of the children of God. And I am persuaded that was what Paul meant when he
spoke of the groanings of the Holy Spirit--the unutterable groanings
for the coming time of glory when God should be all in all. Christians,
sacrifice your time; sacrifice your interests; sacrifice your heart's best
powers in praying, and desiring, and crying that "God may be all in all."
And lastly: if God is to be all in all, wait continually on Him all the
day. My first point had reference to giving God His place; but I want to
bring this out more pointedly in conclusion. Wait continually on God all
the day. If you are to do that, you must live always in His presence. That
is what we have been redeemed for. Do we not read in the Epistle to the
Hebrews, "Let us draw near within the veil, through the blood, where the
high priest is?" The holy place in which we are to live in the heavens is
the immediate presence of God. The abiding presence of God is certainly the
heritage of every child of God, as that the sun shines.
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