With us it is the same. A man never comes to this position of brokenness, but G.o.d shows him the Divine Lamb on Calvary"s Cross, putting away his sin by the shedding of His Blood. The G.o.d who declares beforehand what we are, provides beforehand for our sin.
Jesus was the Lamb slain for our sins from the foundation of the world. In Him, who bore them in meekness, my sins are finished. And as I, in true brokenness, confess them, and put my faith in His Blood, they are cleansed and gone. Peace with G.o.d then comes into my heart, fellowship with G.o.d is immediately restored, and I walk with Him in white.
This simple way of being willing to justify G.o.d and see the power of the Blood to cleanse brings within our reach, as never before, a close walk with Jesus, a constant dwelling with Him in the Holy of Holies. As we walk with Him in the Light, He will be showing us all the time the beginnings of things which, if allowed to pa.s.s, will grieve Him and check the flow of His life in us--things which are the expression of that old proud self, for which G.o.d has nothing but judgment. At no point must we protest our innocence of what He shows us. All along we must be willing to justify Him and say, "Thou art right, Lord; that just shows what I am," and be willing to give it to Him for cleansing. As we do so, we shall find that His precious Blood is continuously cleansing us from sin, and that "the tide is being continuously healed at its beginning," and Jesus is continuously filling us with His Spirit. This demands that we must be men of "a humble and contrite spirit," that is, men who are willing to be shown the smallest thing. But such are the ones, G.o.d says, who "dwell with Him in the high and holy place,"[footnote13:Is.57:15] and who experience continuous revival.
There then is our choice--to protest our innocence and go down to our house, unblessed, dry of soul and out of touch with G.o.d. Or to justify G.o.d and to enter into peace, fellowship and victory through the Blood of Jesus.