Living Without
So many of the letters I receive are often related to financial
or physical restrictions the person is currently experiencing.
These individuals reach out because they know life could be
better...but they just don't know how to get there on their own.
They are tired of feeling they are living without so many of the
good things that life could or should provide.
We all have these thoughts and experiences in one way or
another, but they can all be worked on and healed by applying a
few basic concepts.
#1 Determine The True Source Of Your Problem
We often attempt to fix the result of a problem instead of the
source of the problem. You can put a band-aid on a cut and say
your problem is now healing...but that does not eliminate
another cut from occurring. The cut isn't the problem...but
whatever is creating the cut, that is the source of the problem
and that is what needs to be seen and healed. The goal would be
to stop the cuts, debt, illness, etc. from occurring...not
fixing them as they occur.
You can't fix a problem if you believe God is the source of your
problem. He is the only one who can help, but if you believe he
is also responsible for your situation, you can only be angry
and upset at him and you will not be in a position to hear him
or follow his guidance. To see the source of your problem, you
must first conclude, without reservation, that whatever your
problem or situation is, God is not doing this to you.
We all project what we believe will occur in our lives and we
are therefore open to those events to occur. The Holy Spirit's
job is to help bring about the perfect situation that will draw
you closer to the light and he works within these events we
create and looks for every second or micro-second where we are
open to make new and better choices. The Holy Spirit always has,
does and will provide us with the strength to make the better
choice and eventually move past our current situation. The
current situation, although being used in the best way by the
Holy Spirit, is not created by the Holy Spirit. Every situation
in our lives is brought about by what we allow to occur. We are
the sources of all our problems. We initiate the cycles of poor
health, bad finances, depression and all things that do not
gravitate towards peace, love and happiness. This statement is
not one of condemning ourselves, but is only meant to be used as
an awareness of where our problems originate.
You are not guilty in God's eyes for having brought bad things
upon yourself and God does not want you to feel sadness or
remorse. He only wants you to see the light of awareness with
respect to what your actions have brought about. Guilt creates a
reason to defend yourself or become sad or depressed and often
increases the walls you have placed between yourself and anybody
attempting to help you. However, awareness creates an openness
for truth and change. It allows peace and the healing power of
God to flow into your mind. With awareness and not guilt, you
are more likely to be open to allow God to heal your situation.
#2 Be Open For Change
Every problem or situation is part of a cycle that we must be
willing and open to allow it to conclude...to finish...to
end...to cease to exist. As long as we make the same decision,
time and time again, the cycle will return...for millennia to
come. Ending a cycle often means facing issues you have chosen
not to face...thus, if you do not face them and change the end
result, the cycle continues and will return to you again in some
form.
It has been said, and I have experienced this myself, that when
you become open for a problem to be resolved and are open for
God to bring about the best situations to resolve the
problem...your world turns upside down. Parts of your life as
you know it appear to deteriorate and all outward appearances
indicate that your life has not improved and is now worse than
ever.
The reason for this is simple...God does not resolve issues by
placating them as we do. He does not use band-aids. For example,
our answer to resolving a past due debt might be approval of a
loan, winning the lottery, ignoring it till it goes away, etc.
God's answer is to help change that part of you that allowed the
debt to exist in the first place. He will not focus on resolving
your specific late payment, but will bring about the situation
you have not resolved and will provide you with the opportunity
to choose differently than before and heal your mind of the
method of thinking that allowed your situation to occur in the
first place. This might not appear to resolve your current
situation as quickly as you think you could resolve it, but Gods
answers help ensure the problem does not occur again and again.
In essence, God is not looking to help you solve your problems,
he's looking to teach you to prevent them in the first place.
The Holy Spirit knows exactly what is the most perfect series of
events that will help you be more open for change. By allowing
the results of your previous actions to exit the closets and
stand upright before you, He is offering you opportunity after
opportunity (problem after problem) so that you have the chance
to make a different choice as compared to how you had chosen
before. Problems are resolved by facing them and choosing
differently than you chose before...thus ending the cycle.
#3 Know Your Answer Has Been Provided
When you are open for change and you have handed something over
to God, your results are guaranteed. You don't have to hope and
you don't have to perform certain acts to help convince God to
cooperate. You don't have to do anything other than to hand it
over and know it has been resolved. Know that God is listening.
Know that he desires your life to improve. Know that God wants
you to have a life of love, peace and happiness and he will help
you achieve anything that will help bring about those things
into your life.
The Holy Spirit sees a picture of our life that is complete,
while we only see the tip of the iceberg. There is so much more
going on and so many more influences and so many other events
underway...and that is why we will never know what is the best
thing to occur and we will almost never know how a problem
should be resolved. Jesus and the Holy Spirit see our lives
differently than we do. They see a picture we can't yet
comprehend and so when you truly hand something over...don't
judge how things change or how long they appear to take to
change. Don't assume how the issue should be resolved or have a
time frame where you believe results should be obtained. All
those actions are indications that you really have not turned
the issue over to God and are still thinking you know what is
best.
Turn your issue over to God and trust that he will provide the
most perfect answer. Trust that God loves you and will only do
the most perfect and best things. Don't be afraid of what you
think the answer might be. Don't be sure God will take away
something from you...that your answer will include losss in any
way. God never takes...he only gives and frees. God's answer is
not to be feared, but to be embraced as a wonderful step
forward. God will bring about the perfect answer that will heal
your mind and allow you to grow further than before.
#4 Move On To Your Next Issue
As you hand over each issue or cycle to God, you are allowing
the foggy veil between you and God...between you and truth, to
thin out a bit. More light will get through. More truth will
make sense. More understanding will occur.
No matter what you believe you are living without, the only real
thing missing is having God at the core of that thing you
believe you are missing. Upon doing that, you will see that
item, issue or problem differently than before and you will no
longer see it as something you are living without. You will see
it as an opportunity for change and as an opportunity to
increase your communication with our creator.
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