Eaton Ford - His work, not ours

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Our meeting was very encouraging and supporting, I feel it's absolutely right to keep meeting and keep listening! (And keep being still!).

There was a clear theme and I'm certain the meeting was directed by the Holy Spirit, not by us. To me, the take-home message was that Father wants us to relax, to trust him, not to be anxious, and not to do anything on our own but to wait for him to do it.

We had a picture of a mountain and were told that climbing it will take real effort so we'll need to take it step by step. But unlike a normal mountain which comes to a peak, this one seemed somehow wider at the top than it was at the bottom. So the top of the mountain was very large.

We heard that we were like a crumbling wall with big cracks. A wall in danger of falling down. A bad builder would plaster over the cracks, take our money, and leave; and the wall would still fall down. But Yahshua is the good builder, he takes the wall apart stone by stone, and rebuilds it fresh and new and strong.

We were also given an image of great waves crashing onto the shore; as the water ran back into the sea another huge wave would reach the shore and flood the beach again, time after time. This was quite a contrast with the picture of still water when we last met. But Father told us that we can (and should) step into the water whether it's still or crashing in as huge waves. There's no need to be afraid, we're quite safe, but we need to take the risk. This is a bit like Peter when Yahshua called to him across the water and he stepped out of the boat. When he started to sink, the Master reached out and grabbed him and he was safe.

Rachael wrote afterwards, 'The one phrase that keeps coming back to me is 'it's not for us to do but for Him to do in us'. Also the crumbling wall was also a very powerful image. It's so astonishing the way He speaks to us. Amen to that!'

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