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do not need to grow ourselves, only to let the Son "grow" us.

But we are consciously to let it, not merely to take the attitude of negatively letting it by not opposing it, but to put ourselves consciously where the Son can shine on us and then "be still, and know" (Ps. 46:10) that while we wait there, it is doing the work. While waiting upon God, we should, as much as possible, relax ourselves both mentally and physically. To use a very homely but practical illustration, take much the attitude of the entire being as do the fowl when taking a sunbath in the sand. Yet there is something more than a lax passivity to be maintained through it all. There must be a sort of conscious, active taking of that which God gives freely to us.

Let me see if I can make it plain. First, withdraw yourself bodily and mentally from the outside world. "Go into your room and shut the door [the closet of your being, the very innermost part of yourself]" (Mt. 6:6), by turning your thoughts within. Just say: You abide within me; You are alive there now; You have all power; You are now the answer to all I desire; You do now radiate Yourself from the center of my being to the circumference, and out into the visible world as the fullness of my desire. Then be still, absolutely still. Relax every part of your being, and believe that it is being done. The divine substance does flow in at the center and out