The following is from Knight of Faith, Volume II, a collection of Norman Grubb's personal correspondence. This is what he replied to one writer who corresponded with him:
". . . I think I detect some strain coming in. Perhaps that is inevitable after a big blessing and with the temptation to try and keep the fires well stoked. But there is no fire except Jesus, and the only way we walk with Him is by the simplest of faith, whether we feel Him or no. Well, perhaps it is not right to say 'whether we feel Him or no', because when we abide in Him our cups do run over and that is the proof of His presence in our hearts.
"If that joy and peace and faith are missing, then it is sin, and the most continual form of sin is striving. That is to say trying to do things, or work things up, or maintain things, by self effort. I am glad God is teaching you that precious lesson that praise is the secret.
"I long ago did, as you do, and learned to take no note of the devil. Keep occupied with Jesus and you can't see the devil.
"No blessing in the world can in the end take the place of the simple daily walk with Him. The value of the big blessings is that it sets our feet more firmly on the road and makes it easier for us to walk, but then we shall have to keep walking."
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