NOT HOW, BUT WHO! By M. Stanford

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COLOSSIANS 3:1

"If (since) ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are
above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God."

NOT HOW, BUT WHO!
By M. Stanford
We never question how He works, once we know Him for who He is. When I
gain the treasure of knowing Him I can well afford to trust Him.
The heart that is captivated by an object could never be at rest until
it was with the one who had won it; for satisfaction you must be where
He is. Love really does not think of anyone but its object until it is
quite sure of its place with Him, and then when at rest about itself it
studies the mind and heart of the Object.
I find that Christ loved me, and gave Himself for me when I was in a
most unattractive state; but He makes me suitable to Himself, and I am
so assured of the permanency of His love and of my association with Him
that my heart is free to study Him. The more I am in His company, the
more I acquire the tastes and characteristics which answer to His mind.
There is an amazing effect of beholding the Lord's glory. You may be
transformed from some old taste without even feeling it; but you are
transformed! and you cannot tell how. It is not the process that
occupies you, but you are engrossed with the Lord. We are united to the
glorified Lord where He is at home, and, blessed by God, that is our
home, our life is there.
"Your life is hid with Christ in God (Col. 3:3)