Man’s work is to heed the Spirit

Author- Andrew Murray

From Andrew Murray’s book “With Christ in the school of Prayer”:

“Man’s work, therefore, is to heed the voice that says, “Be still,” and then to allow grace to play over him, to be still therein and know that this is God. It does seem that “some of the most anxious people in the world are Christians—who misunderstand the nature of spiritual growth.” In their anxiety, life, even for the most earnest, becomes an exercise in self-condemning and condemning others. What happens is that these spiritual energies, which are meant to be spent on the work of Christ, are instead “consumed in the soul’s own fever.” But in reality, the life of the disciple of Christ can become very simple—he need only hold his mind to one main idea: to abide in Christ, to be in position: “God gives the wind, and the water, and the heat; man but puts himself in the way of the wind, fixes his water-wheel in the way of the river, puts his piston in the way of the steam; and so holding himself in position before God’s Spirit, all the energies of Omnipotence course within his soul….
Such is the deeper lesson to be learned from considering the lily. It is the voice of nature echoing the whole evangel of Jesus, ‘Come unto Me, and I will give you rest.’” Of course there must be doing, but the doing can flow from the tranquil mind, seeking nothing for itself in the doing; rather, open to present beauties, desiring to bless this moment with Peace. So, it appears then that for one to grow up in Christ, one need only yield to that flow of energy and life that leads from one blessing to another, that opens the eyes to Divinities. The fruits of this awareness may keep us just as busy as a person who is trying to save himself by his own works, but it will have a different flavor, a sweeter fragrance, a deeper serenity. Life is happening through us. Let it live and breathe us that we may see where it will take us. Let us be still and let the Christ-stream flow.”

With Christ in the school of Prayer

Categories: Revelation, Holy Spirit