"Ye seek Jesus" (not as Savior, but as center) describes a state of soul rarely met with in these days. Such is the confusion of Christendom and such is our indifference to His presence "in the midst.”
“There shall they see Me" is His response to this desire. Those who have gone, how sweetly true they have found it. Conforming to Jesus' appointment, "they saw Him" and "they worshipped Him." Then they received that soul-sustaining word that, notwithstanding the difficulties and the darkness that would ensue, they should have Him "in the midst." How long? Even unto the end of the age. Nothing can lose to us this unspeakable privilege. It holds good to the end for those who answer to His appointment (Matt. 28). Compare Matthew 1:2323Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. (Matthew 1:23) and 18:20.
We need to search our hearts deeply before the Lord as to how far we are up to this privilege in the state of our souls. How far have we the subduing sense of His presence, so that we can say as worshippers, with deep and solemn joy, "Surely the Lord is in this place.”
Those to whom "the meeting is dry and disappointing" belong to the class of whom it is said, "Some doubted." Perhaps they have not come to "see Him." May the Lord maintain in us a vigorous faith, and the ravishing sense of His presence. Does this not antedate heaven, which that blessed One is pleased to define as, "Where I am."
F. C. Blount