Christian Commentary Encouraging Devotions

I've blogged about this before, but it's such a neat reality.

Rufus Mosely writes, " In the spring of 1926, while in prayer, I asked the Lord if He had anything He would like to say to me. I commenced laughing at myself for my stupidity in not asking this before. I realized how ridiculous it would be to have an hour with, let us say, the President of the United States, and monopolize the conversation, then ask him as you said good-bye if he had anything to say. How much more stupid to monopolize the conversation in prayer, in communion with God. As soon as I was ready to listen, these words came through me: "I want you in Me all the time and I give you the keys."

I had realized, since Jesus manifested Himself and came within me and I had come out of the marvelous enveloping glory, that my great need was to take up my abode in Jesus and abide in Him without ever going out any more, just as He had taken up His abode in me to abide forever. We need to be in Him perpetually, as we need Him to be in us everlastingly. It is in the double union of Him in us and us in Him, and in the bearing of the fruit of the union, that we become like Him and joint heirs with Him in the services and in the inheritance of time and eternity. His full revelation in us and our full revelation in Him is our full salvation, redemption, and glorification.

We don’t have to wait until God’s kingdom comes over the whole earth before we enter into the kingdom ourselves. We don’t have to wait until Jesus comes so that every eye can see Him for Him to come into us and reign in us. We don’t have to die literally (Jesus has already done this for us). We only have to die to the things that keep us out of Jesus in order to enter into eternal life. "The sweet fields of Eden" are here if we will only enter and abide.

The life I am trying to write about is so divinely natural that it can be lived best of all in terms of life itself. I know someone who has the beginnings of this life, and who yesterday walked over five miles, did manual labor part of the time, came in contact with various kinds of people, met practical problems, had a dream of larger service seemingly thwarted, went to a hospital, talked to a man sentenced to be electrocuted in a few days, visited a woman in tears, and attended a religious meeting, and was kept in peace, joy, and outflowing good will. There is no worry in God, no fear in Him, no lack of good and necessary things. God’s will for us is to live in Him now, to live in Jesus and the Spirit, and to live in and manifest His love, joy, and peace.

The painful struggle is on the outside of Him. In Him are infinite peace, undisturbed joy, and freedom from self-effort and anxious care. In Him is release and redemption now.

If we abide in His love and always go in love, feeling and willing and giving out nothing but love and all possible love to all men and all things, we will always be in Him and under His anointing. It was made known to me that I could write editorials and do everything else that can be done in the loving Spirit of Jesus. I could even be in heavenly places while plowing with a mule, pruning trees, in courtrooms, in death cells, in all places of need, provided all was done in the spirit of love."

Reminds me of Brother Lawrence practising the presence of God, a continuous, prayerful conversation with God.

http://www.practicegodspresence.com/brotherlawrence/

"I walk before God simply, in faith, with humility and with love; and I apply myself diligently to do nothing and think nothing which may displease Him."

... Brother Lawrence