"...To us there can be only one call, and that is to have Jesus Christ for ourselves. Once you have had a taste of His presence and of His indwelling, nothing else has an attraction for you. He alone satisfies. There isn't anything in heaven or in the earth or under the earth that can satisfy the human heart but Jesus Christ himself; and blessed are the people that are hungry for Him and want Him alone. Jesus, a jealous bridegroom of the soul, takes His bride through all kinds of testings and all kinds of trials to see whether she will say, "Jesus," instead of "Self"; "Jesus," instead of "People"; and "Jesus," instead of "Things." People like that are going to have Him.
There's something coming upon this earth that has not yet been fully manifested; it is Jesus Christ manifested in His own””Jesus coming to be glorified in His saints. Today Jesus is manifesting himself in powers, in gifts, and in all kinds of ministrations of the Holy Spirit; but after all, He has taught us to pray, "Thy kingdom come to us. Even so come, Lord Jesus." Jesus Christ must find a people that are ready to receive Him, to be filled with Him and united to Him-a people who are not satisfied with anything short of waking in His likeness. And that's the thing we need to pay attention to.
Is the cry of our hearts, "O Jesus, to know You"? We get sluggish and indifferent to the call of the King. We say we're seeking Him; but when He comes to manifest himself to us, we're not at home. Oh, how Jesus Christ longs to be revealed””to be manifested!
Do you know of anything more sweet, more powerful, or more wonderful upon this earth than a meeting””whether it be two or three, or two or three thousand-where Jesus Christ is evidently manifested, where He walks in the midst and every heart is drawn to Him, into His presence, into worship, and everyone is satisfied with Him and open to Him? While we were holding meetings in Germany, people awoke to the wonder of the presence of Jesus! They said to me, "We have seen wonderful things, but there's nothing like the presence of Jesus to satisfy our hearts."
Even though He may not use you in a great way, you have a great Savior, a great Bridegroom, a great and wonderful King. And when you have Him, you have everything. O Jesus, what a mistake we make when we want things beside yourself..."
- Hans R. Waldvogel