Keep your mind on God: on God HIMSELF as a person -- not just on what He has done, or what He has made, or what He has said -- except as these things direct your mind to Him Himself. It is so easy to "do God's work" all day, study God's Word all day -- and never really think about or make personal contact with God Himself. Build your whole conscious life on God as the closest, most real person of your acquaintance. Keep this personal aspect very prominent in all your thinking. It must become your greatest motive power, your greatest strength, your greatest comfort and joy. It is all you need. It is everything you need. Other crutches and supports are graciously given us because we do not have the spiritual comprehension and maturity to fully utilize this supreme, all-sufficient one. But the less we rely on anything or anyone secondary, the better. Appreciate all other helps and comforts and companionships. Be thankful for them. Draw fully on them as they are given. But never build on them -- only on God, Who can never change, never fail.

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