all the ground for Jesus

"submit to the Holy Ghost when He claims all the ground for Jesus. submit to Him when He seeks to turn your eyes from idols, from yourself; from the past, or the dream of the future. submit to Him when He labours patiently night and day to make you the prisoner of Jesus Christ, and to wipe out of your horizon every other thing to make room for the Lord of All. submit to be broken down, if up to the present you have resisted the Holy Ghost. let the Word of God be fulfilled in you every hour, that the pattern and life of Jesus may be seen, by making every verse of Scripture your own experience as the Holy Ghost works in you. the Lord must break and revive and break again to transform and mould His instruments, before He can use them for His highest purposes."

—otto stockmayer in “the enduement of power” by oswald j. smith

(wallpaper is “herbarium” by tess newall)