September 4

Nearness to God

“It is good for me to draw near to God.”
— Ps. 73:28

“Activity, unless renewing itself in communion with Him, may be sincere, but will degenerate into routine … and is even dangerous; the soul gets far from God without knowing it.”

“If we live near enough to Christ we live for the church not from it. It is … not by what we find, but by what we bring that we can serve in Christianity. … Living in the good with Him, you carry it in with you into the service and circumstances of the church. … You must not want the support of the walking well of the church. It is the greatest comfort, but you must be for Christ whatever the church needs.”