![]() "His place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him his waters shall be sure."ĭo you doubt, O Christian, do you doubt as to whether God will fulfil his promise? Shall the munitions of rock be carried by storm? Shall the storehouses of heaven fail? Do you think that your heavenly Father, though he knoweth that you have need of food and raiment, will yet forget you? When not a sparrow falls to the ground without your Father, and the very hairs of your head are all numbered, will you mistrust and doubt him? Perhaps your affliction will continue upon you till you dare to trust your God, and then it shall end. ![]() O Holy Spirit, enable us to obey this heavenly precept. "As ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him" persevere in the same way in which ye have begun, and, as at the first Christ Jesus was the trust of your faith, the source of your life, the principle of your action, and the joy of your spirit, so let him be the same till life's end the same when you walk through the valley of the shadow of death, and enter into the joy and the rest which remain for the people of God. We must keep to him, cling to him, never let him go, but live and have our being in him. Now, if we sometimes enjoy Christ, and then forget him sometimes call him ours, and anon lose our hold, that is not a habit we do not walk in him. When we speak of a man's walk and conversation, we mean his habits, the constant tenor of his life. How many Christians think that in the morning and evening they ought to come into the company of Jesus, and may then give their hearts to the world all the day: but this is poor living we should always be with him, treading in his steps and doing his will. There must be a perpetual abiding in Christ. "So walk ye in him" proceed from grace to grace, run forward until you reach the uttermost degree of knowledge that a man can attain concerning our Beloved. If a man walks in Christ, then he so acts as Christ would act for Christ being in him, his hope, his love, his joy, his life, he is the reflex of the image of Jesus and men say of that man, "He is like his Master he lives like Jesus Christ." Walking signifies progress. Our religion is not to be confined to our closet we must carry out into practical effect that which we believe. ![]() If we have received Christ himself in our inmost hearts, our new life will manifest its intimate acquaintance with him by a walk of faith in him. ![]()
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