When your parents or friends send you a gift, you do not work for it, you simply receive it and thank the Giver. God has already given His best, His greatest Gift, as it is written,
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son” John 3:16.
“He that hath the Son, hath life” 1 John 5:12.
So you see all who receive the Son of God, His love-gift to the world, are already possessors of life everlasting. You do not work for it: you have no need to wait for it: there is nothing to do but take it and say,
“Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift” 2 Cor. 9, 15.
Then there is no need to hide from God. His eyes are over His people, and they find their joy in His presence.
“In Thy presence is fullness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.” Psalm 16:11.
ML 04/21/1946