Committing Your Work to the Lord (Thomas a Kempis)

“So whatever desirable scheme presents itself to you, you must be governed by humility and the fear of God as you work towards it; above all, you must commit it entirely to God, abandoning your own will, and saying, ‘Lord, you know what is best. May your will decide what shall be done. Give what you will, how much you will, and when you will. Do what you know is best for me, do what pleases you and brings your name most honor. Put me where you will, and deal with me in all things as you please. I am in your hand — turn me backwards and forwards, turn me upside down. Here I am, your servant, ready for anything, for I have no desire to live for myself, but only to live perfectly and worthily for you.”

Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471) was a Canon Regular of St. Augustine who lived in the late Medieval Period in the Holy Roman Empire. He is the author of the anonymously-published ‘The Imitation of Christ’, one of the most influential devotional books ever published.

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