Daily Inspiration

We Have the Power to Accept God’s Peace

The power of decision is our own. ²And we accept of Him that which we are, and humbly recognize the Son of God. ³To recognize God’s Son implies as well that all self-concepts have been laid aside, and recognized as false. ⁴Their arrogance has been perceived. ⁵And in humility the radiance of God’s Son, his gentleness, his perfect sinlessness, his Father’s Love, his right to Heaven and release from hell, are joyously accepted as our own.

Now do we join in glad acknowledgment that lies are false, and only truth is true. ²We think of truth alone as we arise, and spend five minutes practicing its ways, encouraging our frightened minds with this:

³The power of decision is my own. ⁴This day I will accept myself as what my Father’s Will created me to be.

⁵Then will we wait in silence, giving up all self-deceptions, as we humbly ask our Self that He reveal Himself to us. ⁶And He Who never left will come again to our awareness, grateful to restore His home to God, as it was meant to be.

In patience wait for Him throughout the day, and hourly invite Him with the words with which the day began, concluding it with this same invitation to your Self. ²God’s Voice will answer, for He speaks for you and for your Father. ³He will substitute the peace of God for all your frantic thoughts, the truth of God for self-deceptions, and God’s Son for your illusions of yourself. (A Course in Miracles, W-152.10:1–12:3. See also ACIM Lesson 152 Insights.)

We are not a separate self, distinct and different from all others. We are all God’s Sons, all of Whom He sees one. This is a central message of the Course. To remember our true Identity, we need to lay aside all our concepts of a separate self, housed in a body that seems to be capable of attack and doomed to die.

In every instant, we have the power to accept our Self as God created us, eternally one with Him in the Heaven of His Love. Today we choose to accept God’s Will for us and welcome His gift of peace which cannot be disturbed.

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