Afterward That Which Is Spiritual

[MIRIAM JACOB]

Afterward That Which Is Spiritual


God often has to bring us not only
into the place of suffering, and the
bed of sickness and pain, but also
into the place where our righteousness
breaks down and our character falls to
pieces in order to humble us in the dust
and show us the need of entire crucifixion
to all our natural life.

Then, at the feet of Jesus
we are ready to receive Him,
to abide in Him, depend upon
Him alone and draw all our life
and strength each moment
from Him, our Living Head.

It was thus that Peter was saved
by his very fall and had to die to
Peter that he might live more
perfectly to Christ. Have we thus died,
and have we thus renounced the strength
of our own self-confidence?

We begin life with the natural,
next we come into the spiritual;
but then, when we have truly
received the kingdom of God
and His righteousness,
the natural is added to the spiritual,
and we are able to receive the gifts
of His providence and the blessings
of life without becoming centered in
them or allowing them to
separate us from Him.



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