There are many Writings and prayers revealed for us by Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá on how to become firm in the Covenant, to be this immovable rock. The word "steadfast" comes to mind when I think of being firm in the Covenant. When one searches and finds the Truth through one's own investigation and not through the blind imitations of others, one then wants to increase one's Faith, steadfastness and firmness. To reach one hundred percent Faith is called certitude. We are all striving to reach that lofty station.
Here is one of the many prayers revealed by the Beloved Master on firmness in the Covenant:
Make firm our steps, O Lord, in Thy path and strengthen Thou our hearts in Thine obedience. Turn our faces toward the beauty of Thy oneness, and gladden our bosoms with the signs of Thy divine unity. Adorn our bodies with the robe of Thy bounty, and remove from our eyes the veil of sinfulness, and give us the chalice of Thy grace; that the essence of all beings may sing Thy praise before the vision of Thy grandeur. Reveal then Thyself, O Lord, by Thy merciful utterance and the mystery of Thy divine being, that the holy ecstasy of prayer may fill our souls—a prayer that shall rise above words and letters and transcend the murmur of syllables and sounds—that all things may be merged into nothingness before the revelation of Thy splendor.
Lord! These are servants that have remained fast and firm in Thy Covenant and Thy Testament, that have held fast unto the cord of constancy in Thy Cause and clung unto the hem of the robe of Thy grandeur. Assist them, O Lord, with Thy grace, confirm with Thy power and strengthen their loins in obedience to Thee.
Thou art the Pardoner, the Gracious.
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