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Now the new thing has entered his life.
He loves God.
That was what he lacked before. Then he was afraid when God was near. And was indifferent when God was far away.
But now he rejoices in God. Now he no longer needs to force himself to enter into the privacy of his room and pray in secret. These are now his most precious hours. He almost steals away from his fellow men in order to be alone with his God. Now he feels that he is in his element when he is with God. As a fish in water.
He is born of God to be with God. Therefore he feels that it is good to be near God.
Verily, it is the experience of God which is the secret of Christianity.
As long as a man only thinks about God, postulates God, longs for and reaches out after God, his relationship to God becomes only a series of onerous duties. But the moment that one experiences God, all this is changed.
Paul has expressed it this: “Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17).
God is such that all we need to do is to experience Him. As we do so He captivates and lays hold of our hearts and binds them to Himself. We become occupied with Him instead of ourselves.
Religious or Christian - Ole Hallesby
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