An old but oh-so-dear blinding flash of the obvious: Nothing turns me to God faster than fear, ergo, fear is God in disguise. This morning's BFO: Anxiety is God's gift to me, ever moving me toward God.
In my Sermon study this morning, I was caused to wonder if it is all about take no thought. Is that the Sermon's quiet word? Stay out of the mental trying to figure it out? That would certainly explain why exchanging our free will for trust in God, the goodness of God within us, is all.
Complete trust, faith, reliance on God within us may not keep the material world from operating in our life, probably will not make nothing-but-good come to us...but by not relying on ourself, our mental acuity, our life most likely will have a rose-colored hue. It can be our truth in fact.
Spiritual growth is a lot about learning to fear not...or, how to not fear about our own self. We are learning the art of acceptance that, though the material world may be dear, it is not divine.
So when, not if, the appearance is scary, the attitude need not be adversely affected. Our ongoing lesson is to lean back into the Sermon and take no thought for the appearance. We remind ourself that the fact is, God is. And that is all.
It is called The Good News, this building trust in God and God's goodness...as opposed to sitting in hopeless fear of the unknown and probably ugly.
No wonder it takes a lifetime to build the necessary trust...we're never going to lock God down thus our trust must grow.
Matthew 6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life,...6:34 Take no thought for the morrow. - The Sermon on the Mount
Thank you.
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