(Rest)

Just as I find rest in God, so I must also find rest in the works He has prepared for me, for they are works of faith that God reveals to my inner life as a light, God meeting us with them as a reality. If it were possible, God would open the entire kingdom of heaven as a field of work for us in Him, but we are to be molded in the small things so that we can be set over greater things. Just as we belong to the kingdom of heaven, so each of the works that is worked by Him belongs to the same kingdom. We have entered into rest from all our works, for we are in God, and God rests from His works. The fruit of faith grows out of peace and rest.

God disciplines us to forsake everything, and the end of forsaking everything is to lose ourselves and become one with God.

Just like Jesus is, so are also His thoughts and deeds, for they contain the divine spark of life that develops in beautiful harmony with the Creator’s own heart. Therefore the capabilities of a person’s mind and thoughts need to rest in God’s hand, so that He can be the deepest root in each situation or work. The source is to cast its radiance over the work just as the work is to cast its radiance over the source of all things, which is God, for He is the Father of all things. All good things have their source in Him. His works are holy, and they return thanks to the depths of God’s faithful heart. To Him be all glory forever and ever! Amen.