May 4
Christ
in you, the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27).
We feel the importance
of saying a word with regard to Christ in heaven and Christ within the
believer, that is, what is objective and what is subjective. It is tremendously
important that we should keep a proper balance of truth. A very great deal of
our trouble is because of there being an unbalanced emphasis upon some aspect
of truth. It is good to know the truth, and it is good to rejoice in it, but it
is just possible that even truth may get us into trouble. There are many perils
lying in the direction of truth, even spiritual truth; and there are not a few
of the Lord's people who have fallen into those perils. It is not that they
suffer from want of light, but they are suffering very much because they have
not got their light properly adjusted and balanced. Thus it becomes very
necessary for us to get things in their right perspective and proportion.
Preponderance on any one side will always lead to spiritual injury, and very
often to disaster. The history of many instrumentalities which have been raised
up and used by the Lord is eventually the sad story of a loss of power and
effectiveness because of striking an unbalanced emphasis, of putting some side
of truth in a place out of proportion to that which is complementary to it....
If we over-emphasize the
subjective we take something from the glory of Christ. If we over-emphasize the
objective we take something from God's purpose. It is a matter of
the work of God in Christ, and the purpose of God
in Christ: and these two things must both have their place. May the
Lord give us understanding, so that we come into a place of rest and are
delivered from the perils which lurk in the vicinity of every Divine blessing.
By T. Austin-Sparks from: Christ in Heaven and Christ
Within
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