Life in the Spirit

Living the life as God's asset has an ease to it. But it's an inner ease. The rest for the soul is not lying in a hammock 24 hours a day. The rest for our soul lies in the reality of the spirit. We operate out of the reality of spirit joined to Spirit, where the two join to accomplish the purposes of the One. We operate from this inner Person, who is able to do through us, as us, what pleases Him. Previously, we could only try to do what we thought would please Him and offer that to Him. One was laborious, frustrating work. The other is easy.— The Rest of the Gospel: When the partial Gospel has worn you out, page 114

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Rest != laziness (for those who don't write SQL queries, the != means "does not equal"). But, it does equal rest from our own works, that Christ might work through us. I really like his continuing emphasis on "in us, as us." I think that phrase captures the essence of what he is saying better than any other phrase I have heard used over the years.
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