To be near unto God - pagina 91

us.

So the voice of God follows us

woo

after through

and to win us for Himself. Lost, therefore, is each day in which the voice of God passes by us in the wind of the day, but leaves us unmoved and indifferent. \^'Tiile blessed in turn is each day in which in "'the wind of the day" God comes so near to the soul that the approach turns into communion, in the intimacy and tenderness of which with fresh draughts we enjoy again the unfailing love of God. all of life,

to

us, to interest us,

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'THOU SETTEST A PRINT UPON THE ROOTS OF MY FEET." are always We repelled in Psalm 39 by the hard words which David there addresses to God Look away from me, that I may brighten up. For can we imagine a more unnatural prayer than this? :

Man

and God constitute the greatest antithesis. true religion, springing from our creation after the image of God, aims solely and alone to put man into closest communion with God, or where this communion is broken, to restore it.

And

all

And here the Psalmist, who still counts as the Singer who has interpreted piety most profoundly, prays and cries, not for the approach of God, but that God will look away from his soul, that He will leave him alone, give him rest, and so refresh the last hours of his life before dying: "Hear my prayer, Lord, hold not thy peace at my tears, look away from me, that I may brighten up, before I go hence, and be no more." (R. V. Marg. read.)

In Psalm 42 he said: 87

"As the heart panteth

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