"Thy life will I give thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest."
Jeremiah 45:5
This is the unshakable secret of the Lord to those who trust in Him- "I will give you your life." What more do we want in our lives? It's the essential thing.
"Thy life for a prey" means that wherever you go, even if it is into hell, you will come out with your life, nothing can harm it. So many of us are caught up in the shows of things, not in the way of property and possessions, but of blessings. All of these will eventually go; but there is something so much greater that can never go--the life that is "hid with Christ in God."
Can you say that you are perpared to let God take you into union with Himself, and pay no attention to what you call the great things? Are you prepared to abandon entirely and let go?
Abandon means to refuse yourself the luxury of asking any questions. If you abandon entirely to God, He says at once, "Thy life will I give thee for a prey." The reason people become tired of life is because God has not given them anything, they have not got their life as a prey. The solution: complete abandonment. When you get through that you will be the most suprised and refreshed creature on earth.
God has got you absolutely and has given you your life.
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"Blessed are those who stand in my courts and wait upon my voice..."
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