For each of us (John) the Baptist’s words are true: “He must increase and I decrease.” He will be infinitely merciful to our repeated failures; I know no promise that He will accept a deliberate compromise. For He has, in the last resort, nothing to give us but Himself; and He can give that only in so far as our self-affirming will retires and makes room for Him in our souls.
We must overcome the “self” affirming will and accept the will of God. We must submit to it and let it become our will. This is one of the most difficult things for humans to do. It feels as if we are giving away control of our lives and decisions. It is actually the recognition that our sense of control is an illusion. We are only in control of what we think and how we act.
Further, our common experience has demonstrated that “self” centered thinking takes us away from the joy, peace, love and that God promises those who follow him. In other words, self-centered thinking has been the cause of most human failures from the individual level to that of entire civilizations.
When we truly realize that our will , when in harmony with God’s will works for our best good; then we will know Eden.
Increasing God’s Will,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
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