For the last 2 weeks, I shared about a trading platform in the heavenly realm where we all trade all the time, whether we realize it or not. Last week I shared the first of five specific criteria used to determine whether something is a 30-fold, 60-fold or 100-fold investment: Is It Eternal or Temporal?
Now, let’s talk about criteria #2: Your Resonant Frequency
When evaluating the true value of something you’re doing or considering doing, simply ask yourself the question, “Does it resonate with love, joy, peace and all the fruit of the Spirit?”
In my original encounter on this trading floor, Wisdom explained to me that I could be investing in someone (60-fold), but if I am resentful, anxious or stressed about it, it no longer retains its 60-fold value. On the other hand, if I am doing a temporal thing like having fun, caring for my physical body or faithfully stewarding an earthly responsibility while doing so in love, joy and peace, that 30-fold thing increases in value.
One of my favorite examples of this principle is Brother Lawrence, and this excerpt about him from my book Miracles Are Normal says it best:
Brother Lawrence is one of my favorite characters in church history. He served as a lay brother in a Carmelite monastery in Paris during the 1600’s, where he spent his days either working in the kitchen or repairing sandals. During a time when the church was steeped in religion and works aimed at earning God’s approval, Brother Lawrence, by contrast, had a simple walk with God based solely on doing all things in love. Though, in the flesh, he hated kitchen work and was not very good at it, he learned that doing everything out of love for God transformed even the most mundane tasks into holy ecstasy. He said,
“Men invent means and methods of coming at God’s love, they learn rules and set up devices to remind them of that love, and it seems like a world of trouble to bring oneself into the consciousness of God’s presence. Yet it might be so simple. Is it not quicker and easier just to do our common business wholly for the love of him? … It is not needful that we should have great things to do… We can do little things for God; I turn the cake that is frying on the pan for love of him, and that done, if there is nothing else to call me, I prostrate myself in worship before him, who has given me grace to work; afterwards I rise happier than a king. It is enough for me to pick up but a straw from the ground for the love of God.“
His goal for every moment of every day was to simply love God, without any thought of self, and to seek Him, without even seeking His gifts. He viewed doing even the most distasteful task as a way of loving God. Though he started out with the goal of punishing himself (in line with the religious philosophy of the day), he ended up experiencing wave after wave of indescribable bliss. He learned to abide in the Vine, by staying aware of his heart connection to God at all times. He said that at first, it took great effort to train his wandering mind and that he had to gently bring it back many times each day. But over time, his mind and heart learned to remain at home in the Father’s heart, no matter what he was doing or what was happening around him. His abiding and his joy were unshakeable. He, like Enoch, walked with God in Divine ecstasy. Though Brother Lawrence seemed to have accomplished little by religious or worldly standards, his simple, timeless truths have changed the lives of countless people throughout history. He understood the power of passion and the secret of being IN desire fulfilled. Desire Fulfilled is actually a person, and His name is Jesus!
-Miracles Are Normal
Brother Lawrence learned to do everything – even kitchen work and repairing sandals – as an act of love for God. In the same way, God’s love flowing through the intent of your heart will transform a 30-fold investment into a 100-fold one!
Next week, we’ll talk a little about the difference between “good” and “God.” So, stay tuned.
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-Virginia