“If you have some special treasure, special because it is the treasure above all other treasures, how carefully you guard it, how closely you watch it. If you see anything that is coming to injure it or to detract from it, how quickly you will rescue it from danger. So as soon as you decide firmly and fully to seek God with all your heart, to go right on day by day doing the things required in the teachings of the Christ, not by idealizing them and dreaming about them, but by following his teachings with the same rational, practical thought that you would exercise in any business venture, then Yahveh Elohim through his angels will watch over you and protect you from every harm, and will illuminate your mind that you may know how to do and what to do.
The Lord Christ had reference to this same rational following of his teachings when he said: “Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say unto me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you; depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” (Matthew 7:21-23.)
The old idea of saying “I believe” and thinking that will save you is a deception of the evil one, for if the Lord Jesus taught anything emphatically it was, “If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching.” Again, in his last message through his angel to John he said, “He that overcometh shall inherit these things.”
Therefore, in the rational teachings of the Christ we meet first faith, then works. And through the works of obedience you will obtain the guidance of the Spirit, who will not come to you as one man comes to another man and tell you what to do and what not to do, but the angel of Elohim will come near to you and will cause his knowledge and understanding to be reflected upon your consciousness, then will you know as he knows and you will be left free to act as you please in relation to it. Thus, after you have decided to do the best you know, the angel of Elohim will cause you to know, then the responsibility rests upon yourself.
As you go on doing the best you can, you will see before you many obstacles that will appear insurmountable, but if you are determined to live the life as far as it is possible to you, you will find that the obstacles will gradually move out of your path as you press forward. You may see an insurmountable wall before you, but do not stop, go as far as you can, and when you have gone as far as you can, lo, there will be an opening through solid rock, if need be, that you may pass through, and you will soon be brought to the realization of that glorious fact that you have friends, loving, faithful friends, so pure, so unselfish, that you cannot for a moment doubt their fidelity, and you will realize that these friends that love you more dearly than any earthly parent possess all power in heaven and in earth.
The knowledge of these facts will be given to you if you follow the instructions of the Lord Christ wholly, fearlessly, because “ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.” Here you are brought face to face with the beginning of overcoming, and the first step on the road after your firm decision to follow the teachings of the Christ is to conquer fear.”
Hiram Butler
The Mark Of God: Understanding Your "I AM Presence" 