I

No matter what you are doing, if your heart is at peace before God and draws close to God, this proves that you are a person who is at peace before God. When you are talking with others, or walking, if you are able to say, "My heart is drawing close to God, and is not focused on external things, and I can be at peace before God," then you are someone who is at peace before God. Do not engage with anything that pulls your heart toward external matters, or with people who separate your heart from God. Whatever it is that can disturb your heart from being close to God, put it aside, or stay away from it. This is of greater benefit to your life.

II

Now is precisely the time for the great work of the Holy Spirit, the time when God personally makes people perfect. If, at this moment, you cannot be at peace before God, then you're not someone who will return before God's throne. If you pursue things other than God, there will be no way for you to be perfected by Him. Those who can hear such utterances from God and yet fail to be at peace before Him today are people who do not love the truth and do not love God. If you will not offer yourself at this moment, what are you waiting for? To offer oneself is to quiet one's heart before God. That would be a genuine offering. Whoever truly offers their heart to God now is assured of being completed by God.

III

Nothing, no matter what it is, can disturb you; whether it is to prune you, or you meet with setbacks or failures, your heart should always be at peace before God. No matter how people treat you, your heart should be at peace before God. No matter what circumstances—whether you are beset by adversity, suffering, persecution, or different trials—your heart should always be at peace before God; such are the paths to being made perfect. To offer oneself is to quiet one's heart before God. That would be a genuine offering. Whoever truly offers their heart to God now is assured of being completed by God.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. On Quieting Your Heart Before God