Father, we do not know the way to You. But we have called, and You have answered us. We will not interfere. Salvation’s ways are not our own, for they belong to You. And it is unto You we look for them. Our hands are open to receive Your gifts. We have no thoughts we think apart from You, and cherish no beliefs of what we are, or Who created us. Yours is the way that we would find and follow. And we ask but that Your Will, which is our own as well, be done in us and in the world, that it become a part of Heaven now. Amen. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 189, W-pI.189.10. See also ACIM Lesson 189 Insights.)
The ego’s most cherished belief is that it has its own will, different from God’s and from everyone else. The consequence of this belief is that it must constantly defend against opposing wills. And most important of all, it must defend against God’s Will. Its identity depends upon it.
Because God’s Will for us is perfect happiness, the ego’s “will” is to be unhappy, to deny God’s Will. It seems insane that we would choose to identify with a will that guarantees unhappiness. Yet that is what we do when we claim the ego as our identity.
Thankfully we are not lost in this insanity. God’s Will for us remains unchanged. And because His Will is for our happiness, He has given us the means to remember that our real Will is the same as His. We share God’s Love, His peace and His joy. As we accept this, we are able to see past the images produced by the wish to have a will different from God’s. God’s Will no longer frightens us. We no longer feel we will lose something of value if we accept His Will. We begin to recognize that all we ever really want is to remember that God’s Love is ours and accept His gift of perfect happiness.
Today we open our hearts and minds to God’s gift of His Love that we may share It with all.
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