Part 1

Undoing the Way We See Things Now.

Lesson 42

God is my strength.⁵⁴ Vision is His gift.

The idea for today combines two very powerful thoughts, both of major importance. It also sets forth a cause and effect relationship which explains why you cannot fail in your efforts to achieve the goal of the course. You will see because it is the will of God. It is His strength, not your own, that gives you power. And it is His gift, rather than your own, which offers vision to you.

     2 God is indeed your strength. And what He gives is truly given. This means that you can receive it anytime and anywhere, wherever you are and in whatever circumstances you find yourself. Your passage through time and space is not random. You cannot but be in the right place at the right time. Such is the strength of God. Such are His gifts.

     3 We will have two-to-five minute longer exercise periods today, one as soon as possible after you wake and another as close as possible to the time you go to sleep. It is better, however, to wait until you can sit quietly by yourself at a time when you feel you are ready than it is to be concerned with the time as such.

     4 Begin the practice period by repeating the idea for today with eyes open, looking slowly about you. Then close your eyes and repeat the idea again, quite slowly. After this, try to think of nothing except thoughts that occur to you in relation to today’s idea.⁵⁵ You might say, for example:

Vision must be possible. God gives truly.

Or:

God’s gifts to me must be mine because He gave them to me.

     5 Whatever thought that is clearly related to the idea itself is suitable. You may, in fact, be astonished at the amount of course-related understanding some of your own thoughts contain. Let them come without censoring unless you realize that your mind is merely wandering, and you have let obviously irrelevant thoughts intrude. You may also reach a point where no thoughts at all seem to come to mind. If such interferences occur, open your eyes and repeat the thought once more while looking slowly about, close your eyes, repeat once more, and then continue to look for related thoughts in your mind.

     6 Remember, though, that active searching for relevant thoughts is not appropriate for today’s exercises. Try merely to step back and let the thoughts come. If you find this difficult, it is better merely to spend the practice period alternating between slow repetitions of the idea with eyes first open, then closed, then open, and so on, than it is to strain to find suitable thoughts.

     7 There is no limit on the number of short practice periods which might be most beneficial. The idea for today is a beginning step in bringing thoughts together, and teaching you that what you are studying is a unified thought system in which nothing is lacking that is needed, and nothing is included that is irrelevant or contradictory.

     8 The more often you repeat the idea during the day, the more often you will be reminding yourself that the goal of the course is important to you, and that you have not forgotten it.

Personal Notes: “God is my strength. Vision is His gift.” What Freedom, Power, Peace and Joy in this idea for today. That we are free to live, love, laugh, unencumbered by voices that might would call to us saying the weight of the world and our own existence is all on our meager shoulders to figure out and carry. No Worries, God’s got this, God has you and me brother in His hands. It is in His strength, His Will in us that we cannot fail. We cannot But be in the right place at the right time, but only achieve the goal of this course, our purpose and vision in Christ Jesus. I pray for all my brothers, sisters and myself for continued guidance, wisdom, discernment, protection and illumination of purpose in The Way, The Truth, The Life in Christ Jesus, Amen. Thank you for sharing with me. Walk in Love my friend!

God is Love

Love is God

I choose Love

Foot note #54. 2 Samuel 22:33 (KJV): “God is my strength and power: and He maketh my way perfect.”