Gold Tried in the Fire: Book Five

When Christ comes to us and blesses us we feel joyous in the Presence of God. But then His tangible Presence withdraws for a season, and we are faced with numerous pressures and perplexities.
We need to be careful when everyone is speaking well of us. It may be that we are not bearing a true witness of God to our generation.
There are only a few, it seems, who take up their cross and follow Christ with a perfect heart. But the testimony of these few conquerors will shake the heavens and the earth.
There is a multitude of those who believe in Christ and mill about in the Courtyard. There is a smaller number who minister to Christ in the Holy Place. There is an even smaller number who choose to dwell in the fire of God's Person in the Holy of Holies.
Beware of accepting a little sin in your life. It soon will grow into a many-headed monster.
Are you one of those who follow Christ at a distance? You may lose sight of Him when He turns the next corner.
There are some to whom it is given to minister to thousands. There are others of us who are to be content with ministering faithfully to one or two people.
When God wounds us it is so He may bring us to perfection by healing us.