The idea of "being" is based heavily on
Brother Lawrence's, The Practice of the Presence of God (Download
your own copy here). Being in God's presence is my breath. Your
life, and my life, will be in stark contrast to one another. If we
aren't careful, we believe the lie that we should finish our check
lists, race through scheduling, and run an efficient life so that at the
end of the day, we can worship God. Instead, I choose to purposefully live
in the truth that living is breathing worship, a relationship with the
God who is now-here.
Brother Lawrence's fourth conversation
brings such to light:
"He told me that all consists in one
hearty renunciation of everything which does not lead us to God in
order that we may accustom ourselves to a continual conversation with
Him, with freedom and in simplicity.
"That we need only to recognize God
intimately present with us, and to address ourselves to Him every
moment, that we may beg His assistance for knowing His will in things
doubtful, and for rightly performing those which we plainly see He
requires of us; offering them to Him before we do them, and giving Him
thanks when we have done.
"That in this conversation with God we
are also employed in praising, adoring, and loving Him unceasingly,
for His infinite goodness and perfection... That our sanctification
did not depend upon changing our works, but in doing for God's
sake which commonly we do for our own...
"That the most excellent method he had
found of going to God was that of doing our common business
without any view of pleasing man (Galatians 1:10; Ephesians 6:5) and,
(as far as we are capable) purely for the love of God."
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