Part 1

Undoing the Way We See Things Now

Lesson 47

God is the strength in which I trust.

If you are trusting your own strength, you have every reason to be apprehensive, anxious, and fearful. What can you predict or control? What is there in you that can be counted on? What would give you the ability to be aware of all the facets of any problem and to resolve it in such a way that only good can come of it? What is there about you that gives you the recognition of the right solution and the guarantee that it will be accomplished?

     2 Of yourself you can do none of these things.⁶² To believe that you can is to put your trust where trust is unwarranted, and to justify fear, anxiety, depression, anger, and sorrow. Who can put faith in weakness and feel safe? Yet who can put his faith in strength and feel weak?

     3 God is your safety in every circumstance. His voice speaks for Him in all situations, telling you exactly what to do to call upon His strength and His protection. There are no exceptions because God makes no exceptions, and the Voice which speaks for Him thinks as He does.

     4 Today we will try to reach past your own weakness to the Source of real strength. Four five-minute practice periods are necessary today, and longer and more frequent ones are urged. Close you eyes and begin as usual by repeating today’s idea. Then spend a minute or two in searching for situations in your life which you have invested with fear, dismissing each one by telling yourself:

God is the strength in which I trust.

     5 Now try to slip past all concerns related to your own sense of inadequacy. It is obvious that any situation which causes you concern is associated with feelings of inadequacy, since otherwise you would believe that you could deal with the situation successfully. It is not by trusting yourself that you will gain confidence. But the strength of God in you is successful in all things.

     6 The recognition of your own frailty is a necessary step in the correction of your errors, but it could hardly be a sufficient one in giving you the confidence which you need, and to which you are entitled. You must also gain an awareness that confidence in your real strength is fully justified in every respect and in all circumstances.

     7 In the latter phase of the practice period, try to reach down into your mind to a place of real safety. You will recognize that you have reached it if you feel a deep peace, however briefly. Let go all the trivial things that churn and bubble on the surface of your mind, and reach down below them to the Kingdom of Heaven. There is a place in you where there is perfect peace. There is a place in you where nothing is impossible. There is a place in you where the strength of God abides.

     8 Repeat the idea for today often. Use it as your answer to any disturbances. Remember that peace is your right because you are giving your trust to the strength of God. [1]

Personal Notes:

“God is the strength in which I trust.” If I feel apprehensive, anxious, or fearful, I must remember God is the strength in which I trust. If I have let, depression, anger, and sorrow enter my thoughts, I must remember God is the strength in which I trust. When I feel weak, that circumstances are beyond my ability to correct, I must remind myself, God is my safety in every circumstance! God’s voice speaks for Him in all situations, telling me exactly what to do, to call upon His strength and His protection. I cast my cares and trust in God’s Strength, Love, Mercy and Grace. It is not I that live but Christ Jesus in me, the guarantee of Glory. Strength for all things in Him, to Him, through Him. God is the strength in which I trust. 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 fiend!

God is Love

Love is God

I choose Love

Paragraph 2, 62. John 8:28 (KJV): “I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.”

[1] A Course in Miracles Complete & Annotated Edition, Part 1, Lesson 47.