[gwcarter]

"We would see Jesus." - John 12:21


Evermore the worldling's cry is, Who will show us any good?" He seeks satisfaction in earthly comforts, enjoyments, and riches. But the quickened sinner knows of only one good. "O that I knew where I might find HIM!" When he is truly awakened to feel his guilt, if you could pour the gold of India at his feet, he would say, "Take it away: I want to find HIM."

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*It is a blessed thing for a man, when he has brought his desires into a focus, so that they all centre in one object. When he has fifty different desires, his heart resembles a mere of stagnant water, spread out into a marsh, breeding miasma and pestilence; but when all his desires are brought into one channel, his heart becomes like a river of pure water, running swiftly to fertilize the fields. Happy is he who hath one desire, if that one desire be set on Christ, though it may not yet have been realized.

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*If Jesus be a soul's desire, it is a blessed sign of divine work within. Such a man will never be content with mere ordinances. He will say, "I want Christ; I must have Him - mere ordinances are of no use to me; I want Himself; do not offer me these; you offer me the empty pitcher, while I am dying of thirst; give me water, or I die. Jesus is my soul's desire. I would see Jesus!"

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Is this thy condition, my reader, at this moment? Hast thou but one desire, and is that after Christ? Then thou art not far from the kingdom of heaven. Hast thou but one wish in thy heart, and that one wish that thou mayst be washed from all thy sins in Jesus' blood? Canst thou really say, "I would give all I have to be a Christian; I would give up everything I have and hope for, if I might but feel that I have an interest in Christ"? Then, despite all thy fears, be of good cheer, the Lord loveth thee, and thou shalt come out into daylight soon, and rejoice in the liberty wherewith Christ makes men free.

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Note by GWC:* The cry of Jobs heart has been answered.*Hear his cry in Job 9:33 "if only there were someone to arbitrate between us to lay his hand on both of us." This is the cry of your heart and mine also.* This answer is found in Jesus Christ our Lord. But Oh, the work of the enemy to turn us away to something else, and thereby rob us of our inheritance. In Him are found all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, but Paul show in the book of Colossians chapter 2, we can be deluded, defrauded, and taken captive, when we seek other things to answer the need of our life with out Him being the central desire of our heart, and real source of all our*need, for in Him dwelleth the fullness of deity bodily.*We must be very careful to not be turned away from the simplicity and purity of our devotion to Christ II Corinthians 11:2-3. Also read carefully Psalm 73: 25-28,and Matthew 13:44-46.

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I have pointed out how the enemy will battle to keep us from our full in heritance in the promise land (Christ).*We must be prepared by being strong in the Lord and putting on the whole Armour of God Ephesians 6:10-19.* This mornings lesson by Charles can help prepare us for the battles.

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[Elizabeth]

This doesn't belong in CPF...just don't ask me where it should be.

[SoccerAaron]

I agree, it definitely doesn't belong here. I'll send to Testemonies/Sharing for now I guess. If one of the mods there think it belongs somewhere else, they can move it. I think this fits under sharing.