If you are trusting in your own strength, you have every reason to be apprehensive, anxious and fearful. ²What can you predict or control? ³What is there in you that can be counted on? ⁴What would give you the ability to be aware of all the facets of any problem, and to resolve them in such a way that only good can come of it? ⁵What is there in you that gives you the recognition of the right solution, and the guarantee that it will be accomplished?
Of yourself you can do none of these things.
God is your safety in every circumstance. ²His Voice speaks for Him in all situations and in every aspect of all situations, telling you exactly what to do to call upon His strength and His protection.
³It is not by trusting yourself that you will gain confidence. ⁴But the strength of God in you is successful in all things.
The recognition of your own frailty is a necessary step in the correction of your errors… (A Course in Miracles, W-47.1:1–2:1;3:1-2;5:3–6:1. See also ACIM Lesson 47 Insights.)
God is the Source of all our strength. But if we believe that we are separate from Him, we will feel that we must rely on the semblance of strength that our body and intellect seem to offer. Yet this “self” reliance fails to provide consistent safety. We are not able to resolve problems in a way that is beneficial to all.
It is time to acknowledge that of ourselves, we can do nothing. It is time to claim our inheritance by accepting that God is our strength and safety. He has given us His Voice to guide us past the self deception of isolation to recognize the strength of Love within us.
It calls to us to remember that we remain joined with our Father and all His strength. Today we pause to let the peace of God embrace us and fill us with the certainty that all our needs are met.
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