Our new life begins with the realization that the degree of our unfoldment is not up to us. The hard work is individual acceptance of spiritual principles and the subsequent overcoming of self required to reach acceptance...that is up to us. To sit and wait on the Lord while doing the Lord's footwork is the paradox.
The biggest danger may be when we unconsciously decide what we want, mistake that for a need, then pray for and work toward achieving our want. This is trying to make an end run around God's will. We call it spiritual work. We go to retreats, join meditation classes, prayer groups, the list seems endless. What we're doing, in fact, is striving to get our want which has never been our need (God's will) in the first place.
The first indicator that we are going down that wrong road again is when we start praying for...anything. Praying for is simply resisting what is...here and now.
We make our U-bie and immediately start thanking God for our everything just as it is right this very minute. Throw in an Amen, then go about doing that which we thought we had to pray for.
Thank You.
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