Work for God

"We cannot take up work for Christ--plan, scheme,
devise, organize or enter upon Christian service--
and so command God's blessing. We cannot pray as
we desire, even though these prayers contain passion
and tears, in order to secure the Divine response.
Failure to recognize this is bringing multitudes into
despair because of no blessing upon their ardent
labor and no answers to their prayers."

'We must know in our spirit just what Christ is
doing, how He is doing it. Moreover, our prayers
must be the prayers of Christ Himself prayed in us
and through us by the Holy Spirit."

From where came Christ's power?

"I came out from God." Jn 7:29
"What he seeth the Father doing...
     these the son also doeth.' Jn 15:19)
"The works of my Father" Jn 5:36
"I speak not of myself."

"The first believers knew what it meant to be
baptized 'in one spirit"...into one Body of which
Christ is the head...They had no independent
action, no self laid plans, no schemes or
undertakings which were the product of their
own thought, reasoning, devising--even though
it were "for Christ" or "for the kingdom or in
His Name."  T Austin-Sparks from In Christ

Well, reader, in this 21st century of nonstop
busyness, we may be missing something. We
relax in front of the TV, but when do we set
time aside to read and listen to what God is
saying?