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treated as a baby, a boy, and a man, always subject to His parents. Yet all the time He was God. If we are restless or rebellious we should think of this. Our Lord cannot let us go about His Father’s business in our own way. We must be submissive and go His way. We cannot make terms and conditions with Him; our terms are too imperfect, therefore He cannot grant them. We should say: ‘Lord, I give You my heart as a tablet on which nothing is written. Write Your will on it.’ Do not have pet schemes for the improvement of yourself or the race. Have no will of your own; give your will into God’s hands and leave it there. Examine yourself as to whether you are absolutely and entirely submissive to God’s will. You should be willing to serve God for the love of serving Him, not for wages. Than which I can wish you no greater blessing. ‘So for tomorrow and its needs I do not pray; But keep me, guide me, love me, Just for today.’
Spiritual Energy Job says the life of man upon earth is a continual warfare, or conflict. So no matter how far we are advanced in the spiritual life, we must never expect immunity from temptation; from ups and downs. St Paul in his 1st Epistle to the Corinthians says: ‘Everyone runs, but not everyone gets a prize. Everyone that strives for the mastery must