“Abide in Me, and I in you” (John 15:4). To abide in the Lord means to take Him as our dwelling, as our habitation. When we take the Lord as our dwelling, He abides in us. This abiding is mutual, for we abide in the Lord, and He abides in us. There is no need to wait until the coming New Jerusalem to abide in the Lord and to have Him abide in us. I can testify strongly that many times I know that I am truly in the Lord and that He is actually abiding in Me. Even this morning I abode in Him and He abode in me. Although this is difficult to explain, it is nonetheless a fact in our experience. We all can testify that whenever we abide in Him, we immediately sense that He is abiding in us. If you say, “Lord Jesus, how I thank You that right now I am abiding in You,” you will immediately have the deep sense that He is abiding in you. Wherever you are, at home, at work, or at school, you can say, “O Lord Jesus, I am abiding in You right now,” and something within you will say, “And I am abiding in you.” This is a miniature of the coming New Jerusalem, which will simply be a mutual abiding place for us and for God and the Lamb.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 02:06:35 +0000
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