Today is about GOD DEPENDENCE.
It’s about becoming who you are as God created you – a perfect little child of Light.
God Dependence is as simple as being present, knowing you are being taken care of perfectly. It doesn’t even require trust!! Think about little kids in a loving home. They don’t “trust” (as a way to get their needs taken care of) … they’re just little kids!!!! And as a result … their needs are taken care of. They don’t “do” anything. They are defenseless and innocent and everything is given to them. Not because of anything they have “done” but because of Who they are and because they are loved and lovable. That’s how that works.
AND THAT’S YOU. You’re a child of God, loved and lovable.
You are in a loving home, with a Father who loves you very very much. He has all Power and wants to give you everything.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS REMEMBER HIM.
That’s it: Remember God. That’s the whole instruction – start, beginning and end, remember God. That’s it. There’s really nothing else to do.
Most people are so distracted by all the noise of their mind and the world that they never take a quiet moment to BE STILL AND LISTEN AND REMEMBER.
Today: BE STILL AND LISTEN AND REMEMBER.
“Do not forget, that to deny God will inevitably result in projection, and you will believe that others, AND NOT YOURSELF, have done this TO you.” – ACIM Chapter 9, Section 11
Lesson 153: In my defenselessness my safety lies.
Salvation can be thought of as a game that happy children play. It was designed by One Who loves His children, and Who would replace their fearful toys with joyous games which teach them that the game of fear is gone. His game instructs in happiness because there is no loser. Everyone who plays must win, and in his winning is the gain to everyone ensured. The game of fear is gladly laid aside when children come to see the benefits salvation brings.
You who have played that you are lost to hope, abandoned by your Father, left alone in terror in a fearful world made mad by sin and guilt, be happy now. That game is over. Now a quiet time has come in which we put away the toys of guilt, and lock our quaint and childish thoughts of sin forever from the pure and holy minds of Heaven’s children and the Son of God. We pause but for a moment more, to play our final happy game upon this earth. And then we go to take our rightful place where truth abides and games are meaningless.
So is the story ended. Let this day bring the last chapter closer to the world, that everyone may learn the tales he reads of terrifying destiny, defeat of all his hopes, his pitiful defense against a vengeance he can not escape, was but his own deluded fantasy. God’s ministers have come to waken him from the dark dreams this story has evoked in his confused, bewildered memory of this distorted tale. God’s Son can smile at last, on learning that it is not true.
“Except you become as little children” means unless you fully recognize your complete dependence on God, you cannot know the real power of the Son in his relationship to the Father.”
Readiness here means keep your perception right side up, (or valid), so you will ALWAYS be ready, willing, and able. These are the essentials for “listen, learn, and do.” You must be:
READY to listen
WILLING to learn
and ABLE to do.
“Dependence on God is really freedom from all other dependencies. Paradoxically, it is also the only route to real intimacy with other human beings.” – Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way
Depending on God for everything.
Trusting in Him to take care of all of your needs.
Leaning on Him.
Letting Him take the lead.
The ultimate paradox is “doing” and “not doing” at the same time.
I think probably the most highly misunderstood sentence in A Course in Miracles is “I need do nothing.”
What this sentence means is that YOU do nothing, and the Holy Spirit does everything THROUGH YOU. “I need do nothing” means He does everything.
So it’s not an invitation to “do nothing” and lounge on the couch watching tv, waiting for someone to show up with miracles on a silver platter.
It’s an invitation to LISTEN to the Holy Spirit and then follow Him where He takes you. The “miracle” is that He leads you where you need to go – straight to your inheritance.
This section is from A Course in Miracles, Chapter 1, (it’s from the original manuscript – this section was edited out of the published version). Jesus is speaking to you, as a miracle worker:
“Having been restored to your original state, you naturally become part of the Atonement yourself. You now share MY inability to tolerate the lack of love in yourself and in everyone else, and MUST join the GREAT CRUSADE to correct it. The slogan for this Crusade is “Listen, Learn, and DO.”
This means:
Listen to MY Voice, Learn to undo the error, and DO something to correct it.The first two are not enough. The real members of MY party are ACTIVE workers.
The power to work Miracles BELONGS to you. I will create the right opportunities for you to do them. But you must be ready and willing to do them, since you are already able to. Doing them will bring conviction in the ability. I repeat that you will see Miracles through your hands through MINE. Conviction really comes through accomplishment. Remember that ability is the potential, Achievement is its expression, and Atonement is the Purpose.”
You’re a member of Jesus’ party. And the members of his party are ACTIVE workers.
Often times, God will give you your answer in the form of a thought to take an action (to get a job, make a phone call, drive your car somewhere, send an email, take a walk, etc.) or he will send in some angels in the form of humans. YOUR JOB IS TO LISTEN. Stay alert when help arrives. I love the story of the guy in a flood who “trusted in God” to save him.
A terrible storm came into a town and local officials sent out an emergency warning that the riverbanks would soon overflow and flood the nearby homes. They ordered everyone in the town to evacuate immediately.
A faithful Christian man heard the warning and decided to stay, saying to himself, “I will trust God and if I am in danger, then God will send a divine miracle to save me.”
The neighbors came by his house and said to him, “We’re leaving and there is room for you in our car, please come with us!” But the man declined. “I have faith that God will save me.”
As the man stood on his porch watching the water rise up the steps, a man in a canoe paddled by and called to him, “Hurry and come into my canoe, the waters are rising quickly!” But the man again said, “No thanks, God will save me.”
The floodwaters rose higher pouring water into his living room and the man had to retreat to the second floor. A police motorboat came by and saw him at the window. “We will come up and rescue you!” they shouted. But the man refused, waving them off saying, “Use your time to save someone else! I have faith that God will save me!”
The flood waters rose higher and higher and the man had to climb up to his rooftop.
A helicopter spotted him and dropped a rope ladder. A rescue officer came down the ladder and pleaded with the man, “Grab my hand and I will pull you up!” But the man STILL refused, folding his arms tightly to his body. “No thank you! God will save me!”
Shortly after, the house broke up and the floodwaters swept the man away and he drowned.
When in Heaven, the man stood before God and asked, “I put all of my faith in You. Why didn’t You come and save me?”
And God said, “Son, I tried to 5 times! I sent you a warning. I sent you a car. I sent you a canoe. I sent you a motorboat. I sent you a helicopter. What more were you looking for?”
I love that story because there are angels and opportunities everywhere.
Once you have set your intention (have you set an intention?) then “step back and let Him lead the way.”
The day is accomplished in God.
I intend to live this day in joy.
There is not a single thing that can disturb my peace of mind.
I let HIM lead the way.
How simple is salvation.
Today, I ask that you be still. Think about what it means to be loved and lovable. Think about what it means to be a child. Think about what it means to have a Father who longs to give you everything. Listen. Just be still and listen. Remember.
Look how simple this is! Be still and listen and remember.
And then after that, simply have the willingness to follow what you’ve heard.
That’s the whole Plan. 
Right there. Listen, Learn and Do.
the messages always come timely and i do by not doing. I have on my skype message which I wrote a week or so ago ” Be still…………. Listen to the Silence!!”
That is what I am doing so that I can still all nonsense to True Sense. Thanks Natoli!!
Cheers,
Hoku