Over the years, in fact over the centuries, we’ve created a sense that God is one reality and we’re another. In truth it’s all one– It’s all God. That’s why the Beatitude “Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the Earth” means that the meek already own the Earth because God gave us everything together. There’s no real separation from God’s creation and us. This is beautifully expressed in The Covenant” of John Wesley:

“I am no longer my own, but thine. Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt. Put me to doing, put me to suffering. Let me be employed by thee or laid aside for thee, exalted for thee or brought low for thee. Let me be full, let me be empty. Let me have all things, let me have nothing. I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal. And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, thou art mine, and I am thine. So be it. And the covenant which I have made on earth, let it be ratified in heaven. Amen.”

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