Abide

Who would, after seeking the King's palace, be content to stand in the door, when he is invited in to dwell in the King's presence, and share with Him in all the glory of His royal life? Oh, let us enter in and abide, and enjoy to the full all the rich supply His wondrous love hath prepared for us!

And yet I fear that there are many who have indeed come to Jesus, and who yet have mournfully to confess that they know but little of this blessed abiding in Him. With some the reason is, that they never fully understood that this was the meaning of the Saviour's call. With others, that though they heard the word, they did not know that such a life of abiding fellowship was possible, and indeed within their reach. Others will say that, though they did believe that such a life was possible, and seek after it, they have never yet succeeded discovering the secret of its attainment. And others, again, alas! will confess that it is their own unfaithfulness that has kept them from the enjoyment of the blessing. When the Saviour would have kept them, they were not found ready to stay; they were not prepared to give up everything, and always, only, wholly to abide in Jesus.

Passage taken from abide in Christ, by Andrew murry.



I read this passage last night, I haven't been able to move past it yet. I imagine a man or woman standing at heavens gates. They have been invited in...but instead of coming in...they would rather stand on the outside. Jesus has invited us all in...but there are many who would rather stand on the outside and look in.

Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.

John15:4

Will you remain, abide, in him? would you rather stand at the gate and look in? As for myself I want nothing more than to abide in him, and him in me. I want all I can have, and all he can and will give me.