We all have one hard lesson to learn, that is, the evil of our own heart. We know something of it, but it is needful that we know more. For the more we know of ourselves, the more we shall prize and love our Lord Jesus and His salvation. What we find in ourselves by daily experience should humble us, but not discourage us. Are you not amazed sometimes that you should have so much as a hope that, as poor and needy as you are, the Lord Jesus thinketh of you? But let not what you feel within yourselves discourage you. If our Physician is Almighty, our disease is not past His healing, and if He casts out none that come to Him why should you fear? Our sins are many, but His mercies are more, our sins are great, but His righteousness is greater, we are weak, but His strength is made perfect in our weakness. Most of our complaints are the results of unbelief and the rest comes from a legal spirit. These evils are not removed in a day. Wait on the Lord, and He will enable you to see more and more of the power and grace of our High Priest. The more you know Him, the better you will trust Him, the more you trust Him, the better you will love Him. The more you love Him, the better you will serve Him. This is God’s way; you are not called to buy, but to beg; not to be strong in yourselves, but in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. He is teaching us these things, and I trust He will teach us to the end. Remember, the growth of a believer is not like a mushroom, but like an oak, which increases slowly indeed, but surely. Many suns, showers, and frosts pass upon it before it comes to perfection, and in winter, when it seems dead, it is gathering strength at the root. Be humble, watchful, and diligent in the means and endeavor to look through all, and fix your eye upon Jesus and all shall be well.

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