In the midst of my meditation on the 23rd Psalm, at Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil comes a blinding flash of the obvious: I need to walk toward my deep-held fear to be freed of that fear...not guard against it, welcome it.
Again I am reminded that our path is not to resist evil, but to allow it. It is in allowing that it is transmuted it seems. Our self-determined objective, i.e., resistance, is the block to God's perfect work.
We must accept...realize...that it is not about evil. It is about the power over evil held for our use by the Father within. It is our choice...we must choose to use it. That is my "hold your nose and take a leap of faith."
The forever message seems to be that all we need...trust, patience, love, peace, et al.,...is already within us waiting to be used. The only way to build the trust in God that we pray for is to use it. We do not realize we have it until we use it...then, only then, do we find more than enough.
The Father knows our needs. Our undisciplined egoic mind will ever call our wants our needs, leave us feeling fear and naming it evil...scaring us more, growing our resistance. Hey! That too can be loved...follow it to crash and burn and there, left with no alternative, we find safety, the God of our own understanding.
OR...we can seek still more spiritual growth where we find a kinder, gentler...shorter...way to the God of our own understanding. It is not easy, but it is true...sure, pure, selfless and available within us right this very minute: We come to believe that God can and will intervene in our life in our behalf.
Then we get out of our way and let him.
Thank you.
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