Abide in the Presence of God

Those who through rich grace obtain unusual and continuous communion with God, so as to abide in Christ and Christ in them, become possessors of rare and special benefits that are missed by those who follow afar off and grieve the Holy Spirit of God. Into the secret place, only those come who know the love of God in Christ Jesus, and only those dwell there to whom to live is Christ. To them, the veil is rent, the mercy seat is revealed, the covering cherubs are manifest, and the awful glory of the Most High is apparent. These, like Simeon, have the Holy Ghost upon them, and like Anna, they depart not from the temple; they are the courtiers of the great King, the valiant folk who keep watch around the bed of Solomon, the virgin souls who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. Elect out of the elect, they shall walk with their Lord in white, for they are worthy. Sitting down in the august presence chamber where shines the mystic light of the Shekinah, they know what it is to be raised up together and to be made to sit together with Christ in the heavenlies, and of them it is truly said that their conversation is in heaven.