…I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go… – Song of Songs 3:4

…in their affliction they will seek Me early. – Hosea 5:15

“I found Him whom my soul loveth; I held Him, and I would not let Him go.” From this I learn that in order to be of great use to the church of God, it is needful for those who commune with Christ to continue in that communion. How comparatively easy it is to climb to the top of Pisgah! It needs but a little effort; many bold and gracious spirits are fully equal to it. But to keep there, to abide in that mountain, this is the difficulty. To come to Christ, and to sit down at His feet, is a simple thing enough for believers, and many of us have attained to it; but to sit day after day at the Master’s feet is quite another matter. Oh, could I always be as I sometimes am! Could I not only rise above but remain there! But, alas, our spiritual nature is too much like this weather-it is balmy to-day; one would think that spring or summer had come; but, perhaps, to-night we may be chilled with frost and tomorrow drenched with rain. Ah, how fickle are our spirits. We are walking with Christ, rejoicing, leaping for joy; and anon the cold frosts of worldliness come over us, and we depart from Him. You will never be strong to impart great blessings to others till you cease to wander and learn the meaning of that text: “Abide in Me.” Note well, it is not “Look at Me;” nor “Come near to Me, and then go away from Me,” but “Abide in Me.” The branch does not leave the vine and then leap back again to the stock; you never saw a living branch of the vine roaming into the corners of the vineyard or rambling over the wall; it abides in connection with the parent stem at all times, and even so should it be with the Christian…If you are willing to lose Christ’s company He is never intrusive, He will go away from you, and leave you till you know His value and begin to pine for Him. “I will go,” says He, “and return to My place, till they acknowledge their offense, and seek My face: in their affliction they will seek Me early.” He will go unless you hold Him. ~ C.H. Spurgeon

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