Read Acts 19:1-41.
This is an extremely colorful and dramatic chapter even for the Bible, which is so full of color and drama. Every problem has a solution. Some problems last a long time, some a short time, but always there is a solution, and always the solution is to turn from the outer to the inner. When you admire some outer, passing thing too much, and thus give power to the manifestation, you are saying, “Great is Diana.” When you fear some outer thing or condition or person, then you are also saying, “Great is Diana.” And when you say, “Great is Diana,” then your troubles really begin.
The First Commandment is, “I am the Lord thy God.” God, spirit, nothing outside. There is not a single trouble or heartache that has ever come to us, that has not come directly through saying, “Great is Diana,” and forgetting God.
Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite (Psalm 147:5).
Our culture is consumed with all things outer, and virtually ignores the inner. And although we may not worship a false idol such as Diana, we often worship or worry about other things and put them before God. This is putting ourselves before God which separates us from Him. That separation causes us to live in the outer world of our making instead of the world God created for us. Our world exposes us to every human weakness and subjects us to all forms of negative human reactions. When we indulge those weaknesses, they cause all the thoughts, words and deeds that hurt us and hurt others.
On the other hand, when we say “God is great”, and out thoughts, words and deeds put God first; then we are unified with God and freed from the outer world of our making. We can have God’s understanding which will give us the ability to overcome any outer fear or challenge. Then we can focus on the inner world, God’s presence and his gifts. And we can walk in our garden at one with God and our true inner selves.
God is great!
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