Seek to Grow in Grace

We must distinguish carefully.  It is one thing to be able to testify of forgiveness of debts.  It is another to be able to sing:

The Lord is my inheritance,
The Lord alone remains
The fullness of my cup of bliss;
The Lord my lot maintains.

                           Psalter 27:4

Sometimes a soul will understand this.  She will acknowledge that she possesses the first benefit, but will not always dare to say, "This other benefit is my portion as well."  You must understand, however that you cannot receive the second benefit in any other way than the first, namely, from out of the fullness of Christ.

Many never become richer in their experience, because they do not acknowledge their remaining need.

Gerard Wisse, from the book, Godly Sorrow.