Reaching For The Light ... p. 109

“… What shall we do, 

that we might work 

the works of God?”

— St. John 6:28

King James Version of the Bible

KNOWING GOD … p. 109

Believing them to be separate and distinct, we speak of “God’s will,” as in the oft-quoted Lord’s Prayer: “Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven,” and of “human will,” the latter being a product of the mind — deliberate thought and action.

God’s will is that divinely primordial force governing the laws of the universe, of nature and of mankind. The exercise of human will, absent of divine influence, is little more than wishful thinking. When, however, our will is not a manifestation of personal preference, but instead, the divine emanation of human spirit, human will becomes one with God’s will. Such is made possible when thought transcends worldly concerns by going beyond belief and beyond faith to that of KNOWING God lives in us and we in Him. It is this purity of thought, of humble selflessness and love of others — in essence, harmony of Being — that transforms us, whereby our will “in earth” becomes one with God’s will “in heaven.” 

— Garry D. Kilbourn