"Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken."
Psalm 62:1-2Charles Spurgeon,: *The Treasury of David*
"To wait alone and only upon God is the soul's true attitude of rest. Not upon the creature, not upon ordinances, not upon frames and feelings, but only upon God. 'Truly' -- the word is repeated as if David would nail down this truth and seal it with a double seal. He has found that only in God is there true silence for the soul."
A.W. Tozer,: *The Pursuit of God*
"The man who has struggled to purify himself and has had nothing but repeated failures will experience real relief when he stops tinkering with his soul and looks away to the perfect One. While he looks at Christ, the very things he has so long been trying to do will be getting done within him."
Athanasius,: *On the Incarnation*
"For the human race would have perished utterly had not the Lord and Saviour of all, the Son of God, come among us to put an end to death. This great work was, indeed, supremely worthy of the goodness of God. A king who has founded a city, if he sees it attacked by bandits and left in ruins because of the cowardice of its inhabitants, does not abandon it but avenges it and reclaims it, not giving it up to neglect but because he is the king's son, and does not stand by and see his father's kingdom taken away, but routs the enemy and restores the city. So it is with the Word of God."
Thomas à Kempis,: *The Imitation of Christ*
"Jesus has many lovers of His heavenly kingdom, but few cross-bearers. He has many desirous of consolation, but few of tribulation. He finds many companions at His table, but few of His fasting. All desire to rejoice with Him; few are willing to endure anything for Him. Many follow Jesus to the breaking of bread, but few to the drinking of the cup of His passion. Many reverence His miracles; few follow the ignominy of His cross."
What would change in your decisions today if you truly believed -- not assented to, but *believed* -- that your salvation is already accomplished and your standing before God is already secure?
Marcus Aurelius,: *Meditations*, Book IV
"Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to live. The inevitable is hanging over you. While you are still alive, while it is still possible, become a good person. How much trouble he avoids who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only to what he does himself, that it may be just and pure."
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