By coming to terms with the adversary in the first place, that is to say, by getting our thought right immediately concerning any difficulty, we incur no “costs” and the transaction remains a simple one.
Suppose that you find yourself sneezing. If you say: “There, now, I have caught cold again; I am in for it!” and then proceed to dwell upon the thought that you have caught cold, you are giving the trouble the opportunity to dig itself into your mentality. People often indulge in quite a meditation upon colds. Instead, if at the first moment that the possibility of catching cold occurs to you, you immediately reject it and affirm the Truth, the whole thing will be over in a short time.
Or perhaps upon opening your morning mail you find a notice informing you that your bank has failed. Many people in such a case would saturate themselves with the thought of ruin by rehearsing every kind of difficulty that might come. However, the proper thing to do, immediately upon becoming aware of the news, is to turn to God “your real support” and refuse to accept the suggestion of trouble as binding; literally drive the thought of loss, fear, and resentment out of consciousness. If you do this, working steadily until peace of mind is restored, you will presently find that in some way or other the trouble will disappear. Either the bank will speedily recover itself; and there is no reason at all why one person’s prayer should not save the bank and the fortunes of thousands;or, if this is not possible, you will find your loss equalized in some other way.
…whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10:13).
This is not to say that we should ignore sickness or other serious circumstances. The real lesson here is the benefit of refusing to project catastrophe on ourselves when faced with negative indications. Further, if we refuse to be fearful and anxious, we can open our thoughts to potentially positive outcomes; thereby converting a potentially negative circumstance into a positive outcome.
As this writer often says, “Don’t worry and fret over something that has not happened…and when something negative has happened…still don’t worry.” Worry, doubt, fear, anxiety and all of our negative emotions are the real enemy; more so than the circumstance we fear. When we turn to God, refuse to fear, and accept that we are to be thankful for all things, then fear and negative emotions are overcome. Then we are freed to look for the blessing hidden in our pain, and to convert the challenge into an opportunity.
We are also free to live in the peace, joy and gladness that awaits us in the garden as we walk with God, place our burdens on him and are saved.
Calling on the Lord,
Z gardener
Good justification. I really like to see clearly Marcy