is a great article that gets at the fundamental need to be completely given over to the life of Christ.
Keys to the Kingdom is a wonderfully positive perspective on the benefits of giving ourselves completely to the Father. "Keys do not first mean the right to control access, but theenjoyment of access. Imagine a man who carefully kept his doors locked and his keys in hand, but never went into his house! Having access to the kingdom, living in it, is what matters."
Transformation of the Mind here Willard persuasively demonstrates that knowing God leads to worship, and worship leads to loving others with Christ's love. To think of God rightly, as He is, one cannot help but lapse into worship; and worship is the single most powerful force in completing and sustaining the spiritual formation of the whole person. Worship naturally arises from thinking rightly of God on the basis of revealed truth confirmed in experience. We say flatly, 'Worship is at once the overall character of the renovated thought life and the only safe place for any human being to stand.
