Would you know the Will of God for you? Ask it of me (Jesus) who knows it for you and you will find it. I will deny you nothing, as God denies me nothing. Ours is simply the journey back to God Who is our home. Whenever fear intrudes anywhere along the road to peace, it is because the ego has attempted to join the journey with us and cannot do so. Sensing defeat and angered by it, the ego regards itself as rejected and becomes retaliative. You are invulnerable to its retaliation because I am with you. On this journey you have chosen me as your companion instead of the ego. Do not attempt to hold on to both, or you will try to go in different directions and will lose the way.
The ego’s way is not mine, but it is also not yours. The Holy Spirit has one direction for all minds, and the one He taught me is yours. Let us not lose sight of His direction through illusions, for only illusions of another direction can obscure the one for which God’s Voice speaks in all of us. Never accord the ego the power to interfere with the journey. It has none, because the journey is the way to what is true. Leave all illusions behind, and reach beyond all attempts of the ego to hold you back. I go before you because I am beyond the ego. Reach, therefore, for my hand because you want to transcend the ego. My strength will never be wanting, and if you choose to share it you will do so. I give [my strength] willingly and gladly, because I need you as much as you need me. (A Course in Miracles, T-8.V.5-6. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)
Everyone in the world feels lost because we are not at Home. We are all searching to find our way back. If we follow the ego’s direction, we will not find our way because the ego does not want to find it. This is why we need to follow the part of our mind that remembers the truth.
Jesus symbolizes the part of our mind that has wholly accepted the truth and rejected the ego. When we accept Jesus’ help, we are accepting the help of our holy Mind. The Mind of our true Self is wholly united with the Mind of God and shares all of God’s strength. When we choose to take Jesus’ hand because we are willing to accept his help, we are choosing to join with the Mind of our one Self and the Mind of God. Thus we are choosing to accept the strength of God in us, which does not battle with the ego. The Mind that knows Its invincibility sees no need to defend or conquer.
Today we join with the Mind of our one Self by symbolically taking Jesus’ hand and accepting God’s strength as ours. By so doing we accept that our will is one with God’s Will. This is how we find peace and happiness, for that is God’s Will. This is how we find our way Home.
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