If I say that I am in Christ, I say that Christ is in me; and my business is to show out Christ and nothing else. It is having Christ always before me, and really walking in the presence of God. The great secret is to be more with God than anybody; and if not, I shall go astray. The moment I get away from the conscious presence of God, self has a certain p lace; whereas, if I am really in the presence of God, I am nothing.
I am not competent to discern the will of God if I am not with Him. "The secret of the LORD is with them that fear Him." Psalm 25:14. I have to be before God Himself, or else I shall never keep straight; and for that, I must be in the path of God for Him to lead me. I cannot realize God's presence out of the path of His will. The instant I lose the sense of dependence. I am in danger. Obedience and dependence are the two living principles of the new man. "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God" (Matt. 4:4).