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  THE WILL OF GOD OUR ONLY TREASURE.
  by Francois Fenelon
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Summary: The will of God should be our sole treasure, and we should live
in complete abandonment to His plan, surrendering all reservations and
expectations.

Topics: "Surrender To God", "Spiritual Humility"
Scripture References: Proverbs 3:5, Galatians 2:20, Philippians 2:3

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Francois Fenelon emphasizes the importance of having absolute simplicity
of abandonment to the will of God, without any secret reservations or
illusions. He encourages being humble and simple in all circumstances,
acting not out of human wisdom or pleasure but out of submission to the
Spirit of life and death. Fenelon warns against seeking consolation in
future prospects or indulging in selfish desires, urging instead to
receive everything with humility and to focus on dying to the present
moment without reservation.

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LETTER XXXIII.

The will of God our only treasure.

I desire that you may have that absolute simplicity of abandonment that
never measures its own extent, nor excepts anything in the present life,
no matter how dear to our self-love. All illusions come, not from such
an abandonment as this, but from one attended by secret reservations.

Be as lowly and simple in the midst of the most exacting society as in
your own closet. Do nothing from the reasonings of wisdom, nor from
natural pleasure, but all from submission to the Spirit of life and
death; death to self, and life in God. Let there be no enthusiasm, no
search after certainty within, no looking forwards for better things, as
if the present, bitter as it is, were not sufficient to those whose sole
treasure is the will of God, and as if you would indemnify self-love for
the sadness of the present by the prospects of the future! We deserve to
meet with disappointment when we seek such vain consolation. Let us
receive everything in lowliness of spirit, seeking nothing from
curiosity, and withholding nothing from a disguised selfishness. Let God
work, and think only of dying to the present moment without reservation,
as though it were the whole of eternity.

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