| The Golden Gate of Prayer |
Chapter 8 |
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This does not mean that every true Christian does the will of God perfectly on earth. We start as babies, with everything to learn. We are disciples, scholars, in the school of Christ, and have to learn to do our Father’s will. The lessons also are slowly learned. The student in art spoils many a piece of canvas before he can paint his dream in all its beauty. The student in music goes through long, wearisome practice, full of discords and harsh, unmusical efforts, before he is ready to interpret the works of the great masters and win applause.
So it is that we must learn to do God’s will. It is a long lesson and not easy. Nature rebels against the new constraint. We like to do our own will, to have our own way. But when we let Christ into our heart the will of God becomes henceforth the law of our life. Moreover the life of Christ becomes a new life in us. It was a wonderful truth which Jesus taught the woman at the well, that the water he gives to one who accepts him becomes in him a well of water, springing up unto eternal life. It may be only a feeble beginning, but ultimately it will bring all the life under its power.
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