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And about "quiet spirit," certainly so! May we all have a quiet spirit. May we all have a spirit that is at rest in God and able to hear even his slight whispers (as Elijah felt the zephyr). And then may we be fully motivated of spirit and of all of our beings to do what we may to please God!

Unity in Christ, motivationally (volitionally) -- perhaps an oversimplification in some ways, yet I believe one derived from the Bible):

Father God -> God's Word -> God's Spirit -> our spirit -> our soul -> our physical self and acts

Our physical acts are necessarily motivated by our souls, which are motivated by our spirits, which are motivated by God's breath, which is sent from The Logos, which is sent by the Father.

That is how it works and just as Jesus wills the will of God, so do we, in Christ.

A teacher I've known has asked people to understand it by saying: "I will to will the will of God." Of course that has two meanings -- yet one.

That's interesting, since God is thoroughly God and a man is thoroughly a man, yet they may be thoroughly united.

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A-G, I tend to share a desire to be thorough, with you. That being the case maybe I should also point out with you that not even Jesus has known all of the Father's will with complete certainty at all times. Hence, not knowing when his own return to earth will be and, "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done."

That was at His point of indescribable agony over his impending separation from his Father (knowing not only His pain, but the pain this would cause His Father, too and perhaps especially the latter). Yet even then, he declared his true will: to have the Father's will done.