Shall we not plan to meet God
alone,
habitually,
with the door shut,
and the Book open,
and the will pliant so we may be trained for this holy partnership of prayer?

Then will come
the clearer vision,
the broader purpose,
the truer wisdom,
the real unselfishness,
the simplicity of claiming and expecting,
the delights of fellowship in service with Him.

Then too will come great victories for God in His world.

Although we shall not begin to know by direct knowledge a tenth of the story
until the night be gone
and the dawning break
and the ink-black shadows that now stain the earth shall be chased away
by the brightness of
His Most Glorious, Most Wonderful Presence.


Finish then thy new creation,
pure and spotless let us be:
let us see thy great salvation,
perfectly restored in thee.
Changed from glory into glory,
till in heaven we take our place;
till we cast our crowns before thee,
lost in wonder, love and praise.
Charles Wesley 1707