In today's world we are told we must use our words; ask for what we want or believe we need; speak up...all of which are necessary tools in this life. However, we are not told that using our words, asking and speaking guarantee us nothing. We may never get that for which we're asking, believe we need...ah, and there's our cross to bear and our prize to embrace both at the same time.
Our spiritual growth depends on our acceptance of, not resistance to, what we get. I found the following note in my "God Calling" this morning, a note dated 2/26/15: Mental resistance is the only block to God.
It is important to know and to remember that mental resistance to God comes in many forms. Maybe the biggest surprise is we're doing it right when we're trying to do God's will when we haven't a clue what God's will is. Admitting that we know nothing oils the hinges of the door on which God knocks to be let out. Having not a clue and trying to do his job for him keeps that door sealed...especially when to our egoic mind we succeed at the job. Another lesson learned...when self-will wins, our inner-self loses. Any leg up our ego gets is a step or two or more back for our spiritual growth.
Maybe that's the countable difference between spiritual-world growth and material-world growth. There is nothing wrong with "winning," it is what that winning does to and with our ego that slows our spiritual growth. There is little to no God in ego winning. But there is no within feeling that can match or better the feeling of a hug from God when we've won over our own self.
Proving that God can and will intervene in our life in our behalf is winning over our own self.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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