Imbibing Heaven
"He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him." (John 14:21)
That is revelation. Do you love the Word? Do you keep the commandments? The Word becomes a source of joy. Keeping the commandments you become a power. You will be in Christ and Christ is in God. God will manifest himself to you. Vanity leaves us. The lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes go away and revelations increase and you can be absorbed into Christ. "I will manifest myself.....We will make our abode with him" (John 14:21-23). God's desire is like that. God likes to be with you. In your countenance people will find the light of Heaven. In this world of sin, people see the light of Heaven. When first the fear of God came into you, you trembled at the Word of God. Then you began to obey the Word of God and you found you are safer and happier. Your prayers reach out to others. The range of your prayer power keeps increasing. You feel, 'Why don't I obey Him more?' You no longer obey God as if you were doing God a favor. You know obeying God is your own great part. Your joy is increasing. You love God and His Word. The grace in you is increasing,. You will know "He that keepeth Israel does not slumber." You feel He is watching you to see no snakes come near you. That order is already issued to the world, that evil should not come nigh you. Therefore no evil will come. Also no evil thought will come to you. He will keep you. It is wonderful because even one evil thought drives away the presence of God. Every thought foreign to the Word of God has a bad smell. He can't abide in you if you entertain such thoughts. How sweet your life would be when the Father and Son abide in you! You may lose your property but even then you don't fear. It is enough for you if Father and Son abide in you. "They shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion" (Isaiah 52:8). You come into perfect agreement with God. Your thoughts and God's thoughts become one. What a joy that would be! The Father and Son abide in you. Where the Father and Son are, that is Heaven. Heaven is then within you.