Sublime

Nobody can always have devout feelings: and even if we could, feelings are not what God principally cares about. Christian Love, either towards God or towards man, is an affair of the will. If we are trying to do His will we are obeying the commandment, “Thou shalt love the LORD thy God.” He will give us feelings of love if He pleases. We cannot cr

For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.”[77]

For reflection: Genesis 4:16 To walk out of His will is to walk into nowhere. —from Perelandra

The nations shall see your vindication, and all the kings your glory;

Cast your burden[114] on the LORD, and he will sustain you;

For reflection: Judges 16:15–18 Virtue—even attempted virtue—brings light; indulgence brings fog. —from Mere Christianity

“Certainly not. I tell you he is the King of the wood and the son of the great Emperor-beyond-the-Sea. Don’t you know who is the King of Beasts? Aslan is a lion—the Lion, the great Lion.

Look: the question is not whether we should bring God into our work or not. We certainly should and must: as MacDonald says “All that is not God is death.” The question is whether we should simply (a.) Bring Him in in the dedication of our work to Him, in the integrity, diligence, and humility with which we do it or also (b.) Make His professed and