Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10
“Now let me instruct you about virtue. Virtuous living depends in three points on the will. One thing is to resign one’s will to God, for it is needful to do fully what one then knows, whether in taking or in leaving. There are three kinds of will.
The first is sensible will, the second is rational will, the third is eternal will. The sensible will seeks guidance, so that one needs a proper teacher. The rational will means following in the footsteps of Jesus Christ and the saints, that is, so that words, deeds and way of life are alike directed to the highest end. When all this is accomplished, God will give something more in the ground of the soul, that is, an eternal will consonant with the loving commands of the Holy Ghost.
Then the soul says, ‘Lord, tell me what thy eternal will is.’ And then, if the soul has satisfied the condition we have just mentioned, and if God so pleases, the Father will speak His eternal Word into the soul.”
Meister Eckhart (c. 1260-1328) in “Sermon Nine” in The Complete Mystical Works of Meister Eckhart, translated and edited by Maurice O’C. Walshe (New York: Crossroad, 1987) 88.
Two days ago, surrender. Yesterday, orderly, understanding, and mindful service. Today, the path of virtue depends on resigning my sensible, rational, and eternal will to God.
I must seek guidance from God alone, walk in the footsteps of Jesus, and I figure it out as I live it out that I am here not to advance temporal but rather eternal purposes.
I think I am ready. I have had strategic meetings in Vietnam and head into China tomorrow. Are you ready for whatever next steps God has for you? Readiness links to resigning the will.