[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"reading-1211":3},"DECEMBER 11\r\nYe servants of the Lord, which by night stand in the house of the    Lord. The Lord that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion (Psalm 134:1,3).\r\nStrange time for adoration, you say, to stand in God's house by night, to worship in the depth of sorrow-it is indeed an arduous\r\nthing. Yes, and therein lies the blessing; it is the test of\r\nperfect faith. If I would know the love of my friend I must see  what it can do in the winter. So with Divine love. It is easy for\r\nme to worship in the summer sunshine when the melodies of life are\r\nin the air and the fruits of fife are on the tree. But let the song  of the bird cease and the fruit of the tree fall, and will my heart still go on to sing? Will I stand in God's house by night? Will I\r\nlove Him in His own night? Will I watch with Him even one hour in\r\nHis Gethsemane? Will I help to bear His cross up the dolorous way? Will I stand beside Him in His dying moments with Mary and the\r\nbeloved disciple? Will I be able with Nicodemus to take up the dead Christ? Then is my worship complete and my blessing glorious. My  love has come to Him in His humiliation. My faith has found Him in\r\n\r\nHis lowliness. My heart has recognized His majesty through His mean disguise, and I know at last that I desire not the gift but the\r\nGiver. When I can stand in His house by night I have accepted Him for Himself alone. --George Matheson.\r\nMy goal is God Himself, not joy, nor peace, Nor even blessing, but Himself, my God;\r\n'Tis His to lead me there, not mine, but His- \"At any cost, dear Lord, by any road!\"\r\nSo faith bounds forward to its goal in God,\r\nAnd love can trust her Lord to lead her there; Upheld by Him, my soul is following hard\r\nTill God hath full fulfilled my deepest prayer.\r\nNo matter it the way be sometimes dark,\r\nNo matter though the cost be ofttimes great,\r\nHe knoweth how I best shall reach the mark,\r\nThe way that leads to Him must needs be straight.\r\nOne thing I know, I cannot say Him nay;  One thing I do, I press towards my Lord; My God my glory here, from day to day,  And in the glory there my Great Reward.",1783499794108]