“Whither shall I go from thy spirit?
or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art
there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell
in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy
right hand shall hold me.” (Psalm 139:7-10; King James Bible Version (KJV). “The Lord
hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with
lovingkindness have I drawn thee.” (Jeremiah 31:3; (KJV). In this material sense of existence, we
experience both good and evil situations.
The good situations bring joy and safety into our lives, while the bad
situations bring fear and suffering.
Thus, life in this material ‘realm’ keeps us sometimes-happy, and
other-times miserable. Yet, deep in our souls, we know that we
should be happy all the time, because God, our Creator, loves us all the
time. In Jeremiah 31:3; the Bible tells
us, “The Lord
hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love:
therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.” So, what’s going on, here? Did God change Its infinite Mind about
loving us all the time? If not, how and
when did evil come into God’s heavenly existence? The answer is simple: God has never changed
Its love for all Its spiritual creation; nor has the divine Mind ever turned toward
evil in any way, shape of form. It is
only within the false, material sense of dualism that evil claims to
have another realm (a finite, secondary realm) called materiality. In God’s everlasting,
spiritual realm, good, alone still exists. But the material
sense of dualism claims to be a secondary realm of God. Yet, evil exists only as a material
fantasy, not a reality. Its realm is
the material-sense of reality, but it has never existed as a spiritual reality.
It is a bogy-man story that was never
true, for God’s spiritual creation has no devil to defeat. The Spiritual, Almighty realm of God is all
that exists, in any place, or any time. It is the ever-lasting realm of our Creator,
and of our forever Home. Thus, God’s
spiritual realm is the only true realm that exists. Now, in the false, material sense of
reality, we don’t perceive our spiritual Home. God seems to be invisible to those of us who
still ‘sleep’ in the material realm. God
can see and perceive us, but we can’t perceive God, because those of us who are
still ‘sleeping’ in the false, material sense of being do not realize that we
are sleeping in the material realm. So, don’t mentally accept whatever ‘bad’ things come
into the material (human) experience. Know that God does not afflict. Reject all things that seem to afflict God’s
spiritual children, be it sickness, or any other kind of evil condition that
makes us think that God created it. Evil
isn’t allowed in God’s kingdom, despite its appearance in material form. Now, all the forms of material evil
that we encounter in our human, earthly sense of reality manifests (take some
material form). Our own false, material
beliefs first appear as our own false beliefs, and next they appear in some material
form, which our own beliefs are manifesting in the flesh. Then, as fear takes
over, such evils seem to be materially real, creating our worst fears into
what we feared. Yet, God has never allowed such things
to even touch Its divine children. Our
spiritual, loving God never afflicts us.
And the good news is that bad news is always brought about only from
the fruit our own beliefs accept… never from the will of God. It’s written in the biblical Book of
Job that, when he was suffering many ills, he uttered, “…the thing which I greatly
feared is come upon me, and that
which I was afraid of is come unto me.” (Job 3:25; KJV) . In this text, Job was making a
connection between fear and his many physical troubles, at the time. Later, it’s written that his own health was
renewed, “And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.” (Job 42:10; KJV). Now, these insights that
Job perceived during his many ills led Job to pray for others while he,
himself, was suffering. Yet, these very
prayers for other people who were suffering resulted in Job’s own healing of himself.
These chapters of Job’s illnesses and sufferings were teaching Job that praying
for others is the divine, way to live. This brings us to another realization we would be wise to
ponder: we don’t materially need to see God’s Presence with us to know that It
is with us. We are never alone,
despite our material sense of
aloneness. Realize that God sees all of
us, all the time, despite our own lack of spiritual vision. We are One with God. That is what is meant by, “For in him we live, and move, and have our
being;” (Acts 17:28;
KJV). Every one ‘born of the flesh’ is
temporary; so, wherever we go in this material sense of reality, always
remember that God is there, too, even though we don’t perceive the divine
presence with our physical sight, or the other material senses. God’s ever-presence perceives all of Its
creation, all the time, so no one is ever, truly lost to God. God’s spiritual
creation is the only creation that exists.
So, those of us who have not yet spiritually awakened will do so, one by
one, until all God’s children have come Home. Knowing the truth of God’s
invisible ever-presence makes all the difference in the world, when we are facing
any earth-born threats. But we must turn
to God for help, in order to receive it; for the Almighty has given us
free-will, and doesn’t impose or force Its help until we ask for it. For as one poet wrote, “God makes all Its children free.
Life, itself, is Liberty.” |
