“The anointing which ye have received” (I. John ii. 27).
This is the secret of the deeper life, but “That ye may be rooted and
grounded in love,” is the substance of it, and the sweetness of it. The
fulness of the divine love in the heart will make everything easy. It is
very easy to do things that we love to do, and it is very easy to trust
one whom we love, and the more we realize their love the more we will
trust them for it. It is the source of healing. The tide of love flowing
through our bodies will strangely strengthen our very frame, and the love
of our Lord will become a continual spring of youth and freshness in our
physical being. The secret of love is very simple. It is to take the heart
of Jesus for our love and claim its love for every need of life, whether
it be toward God or toward others. It is very sweet to think of persons in
this way, “I will take the heart of Jesus toward them, to let me love them
as He loves them.” Then we can love even the unworthy in some measure, if
we shall see them in the light of His love and hope, as they shall be, and
not as they now are, unworthy of our love.