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3 And so they need an illusion of help because they are helpless; a Thought of peace because they are in conflict. God knows what His Son needs before he asks. He is not at all concerned with form, but having given the content it is His Will that it be understood. And that suffices. The form adapts itself to need; the content is unchanging, as eternal as its Creator.
I love this paragraph so much. God knows what I need before I ask and He knows that my neediness may not be helped with the ultimate simple truth. It may be that I perceive a need that requires an answer that seems to meet that need. The content, the love and truth, do not change, but the form it takes will be the form that is most helpful at the time.
God has given His Son everything, but in his confusion he does not remember this and so he thinks he has needs. He thinks he is helpless and so that is where God meets him, and gives him help. Our help comes as the Holy Spirit, One Who knows both the truth and the illusion, and is the bridge from one to the other.
I model my service on the same principle. I see the perceived problem someone has and I also see that it cannot be true. But would it be helpful to state the obvious? Maybe not. Sometimes when I am confused, I need a path out of my confusion. I need to back-track, and take it a step at a time. Always the story we think we are in and the solution we think we need are just illusions, but maybe that is where I need to start. If it is where I believe I am, then certainly that is where I need to start. Knowing this about myself, I know it can be true for others as well.
How do I know what to say to anyone? How do I know where they are in their confusion, and what would help them gain clarity and vision? I, on my own, cannot know, but the One Who put us together knows, and if I am willing to step back and allow that One to communicate through me, then we are both brought to a new clarity as our minds are healed.
It is such an elegant plan the Holy Spirit has. So many times I have had to laugh as the one he brings to me for an answer has the same question I have been struggling with. Through my willingness to be helpful and my willingness to become empty to allow His words to flow through me, I get the answer along with the one who asked.
If I can ask for an answer from Holy Spirit and receive it, why can’t everyone ask their own questions of Him rather than going to someone else for help? They can. But sometimes they don’t know it yet, and so God meets them in that place by sending them to His teachers. Sometimes they know they can get an answer simply by asking the Holy Spirit for help, but they are blocked by their own confused thoughts, and so God meets them there where they believe they are and provides the answer through some other means, a teacher or a book or in whatever way it seems to be helpful.
Sometimes when I have asked for help, I have received reassurance and comfort. I have been told to be patient and wait for the answer. I have been given the first step which then led to the next. Spirit has been very gentle. I had so much fear when I began this path that it was only with very small, hesitant steps that I could walk it.
As the fear gradually began to wane with the healing of my mind, my steps became more confident and sure, and the Holy Spirit’s answers more direct. But no matter what form the answer takes, the content is always Love and always leads to more healing. The pace when set by the Holy Spirit is always perfect for that healing without engendering more fear. This is why He should always be in charge, because only He knows what that pace should be for each individual.
Another thought:
The only time I fail to be helpful when working with someone else is when I start to think I know what the outcome should be and how they should get there. This happens when the spiritual ego takes over and sometimes it can be subtle and sneak up on me. But every time that has happened I have had the feeling that something is wrong. The Holy Spirit would tap me on the shoulder. Sometimes I would be so impressed with my own words I would ignore the tap. Sigh. But that was part of my lesson and noticing this with a willingness not to do it anymore has helped me to recognize the ego more quickly and to turn from it more gladly.
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