. . . and I will give you rest —Matthew 11:28
A complete life is the life of a child. When I am fully conscious of my awareness of Christ, there is something wrong. It is the sick person who really knows what health is. A child of God is not aware of the will of God because he is the will of God. When we have deviated even slightly from the will of God, we begin to ask, “Lord, what is your will?” A child of God never prays to be made aware of the fact that God answers prayer, because he is so restfully certain that God always answers prayer.
If we try to overcome our self-awareness through any of our own commonsense methods, we will only serve to strengthen our self-awareness tremendously. Jesus says, “Come to Me . . . and I will give you rest,” that is, Christ-awareness will take the place of self-awareness. Wherever Jesus comes He establishes rest— the rest of the completion of activity in our lives that is never aware of itself.
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August 20, 2012
Journal Entry for Today-JDV
Lord, thank you for guiding me into an awareness of You in all things. Just when I begin to feel like You are nowhere around You help me understand that You are right here beside me, holding me, providing and caring for me and mine. The only difference is that I found You because I was looking for You.
And God says…”Seek and you shall find. Knock and the door will be opened. When you seek Me first, everything else becomes secondary and you notice life, regardless of the circumstances or obstacles, becomes life more abundant.”