ACIM Daily Lesson 230. Now will I seek and find the peace of God.
Now will I seek and find the peace of God.
Lesson 230
Now will I seek and find the peace of God.
1. In peace I was created. ²And in peace do I remain. ³It is not given me to change my Self. ⁴How merciful is God my Father, that when He created me He gave me peace forever. ⁵Now I ask but to be what I am. ⁶And can this be denied me, when it is forever true?
2. Father, I seek the peace You gave as mine in my creation. ²What was given then must be here now, for my creation was apart from time, and still remains beyond all change. ³The peace in which Your Son was born into Your Mind is shining there unchanged. ⁴I am as You created me. ⁵I need but call on You to find the peace You gave. ⁶It is Your Will that gave it to Your Son.
We were created peace, and we remain as we were created.
Jesus is telling us that we can always be at peace because this is how we were created, and we remain as we were created. We had to come up with a thought system that allowed for the possibility of something less than perfect peace, and then we had to imagine an entire world in which to experience a lack of peace. Sounds pretty crazy when you think about it. It begs the question, “Why?”
I suppose it was in answer to the passing desire to be special. And it was a passing desire that was answered instantly, and all we made was undone. The world we see is all just a memory, an ancient memory we placed before our eyes. Our true desire now is to extricate ourselves, and that is why we have A Course in Miracles as well as other non-dual paths. Jesus wants us to know that peace is inevitable because it is creation so why not go ahead and accept it now and end suffering?
Without a doubt, the peace of God is all I want.
I know this is true even though I still find myself choosing something else. I know that I will seek and find the peace of God. After all, it is mine now, just as it always has been and always will be. God created me in peace, and it is mine forever. How could I fail to find peace when it is in me?
My mind holds the peace of God just as it holds the ego thought of chaos. Chaos is just an illusion I chose to believe in. It will be gone the moment I choose not to believe in it anymore. The way I make that choice is to continue to watch my mind. I notice the ego thoughts that distract me from the peace of God. I look at them with the Holy Spirit and He gently takes them from me. He replaces them with the loving thoughts of God.
Sometimes I hold onto the ego thought awhile thinking it has some value.
My granddaughter had something harmful in her little fingers, and I had to coax her to let it go. She thought it was a treasure when in fact, it was dangerous to her health. I am no different. I hold onto thoughts that I think are useful, interesting, or protective. But often, they are a block to the peace of God, which I could have instead.
When I asked my granddaughter to open her hand and give me what was in it, she finally did that. Her trust and acceptance of my place in her life allowed me to help her. In the same way, I finally decide that I can trust the Holy Spirit to make decisions for me. I open my mind and surrender to Him. My acceptance allows Him to help me. I begin to understand “become as a little child.”
From What Is Forgiveness?
²He has forgiven you already, for such is His function, given Him by God. ³Now must you share His function, and forgive whom He has saved, whose sinlessness He sees, and whom He honors as the Son of God.
Thank you, God, this has all been forgiven. It was done in the same instant that it was made, and I am eternally grateful that it is so. Now it is my function to join in forgiveness. Everyone is forgiven, and no one is excluded. Everyone is part of the Family of God, and His Family is forgiven and saved. Could I hold a grievance against someone God honors as His Son? I would be condemning myself since we are all one. May I always remember and embrace my function.
I wrote this when I was still working more than six years ago.
One day when I was still working, I became anxious because I had a customer with a serious problem, and I couldn’t figure out how to fix it. If I didn’t fix it, I would probably lose that customer. When I thought of that situation, I lost my peace. I then remembered my commitment not to believe my emotions. And my commitment to deny anything not of God the ability to affect me. I remembered my commitment to the peace of God.
The ego responded by telling me that despite my commitment, the problem is still there and bad things were going to happen. But when I ask if this clinching in my gut is God’s all-encompassing love, I know that it is not. Fear is not in God. I am in God, and so fear must not be in me either. I would not be fooled by appearances. There is only God’s Love. I surrendered to that Love. I chose only God’s Will for me in that instant.
The ego clamored for my attention. But as I listened, I realized that the ego was not telling me anything useful or true. It only asked that I clothe myself in its protective armor of fear, and warned that if I do not, then I am doomed. I decided not to be fooled by the idea that fear is helpful in any way. I wanted only God, so I said no to anything that is not God. That was my holy instant of release.
Sleep evaded me.
I woke up at 3:00 AM and couldn’t go back to sleep. I began to hear the ego-mind worry about not sleeping and the consequences of not getting enough sleep. At that moment when I thought I needed something in this world, I lost my peace. I began to feel tense. I lay there trying to go back to sleep and felt itchy and uncomfortable, too hot, then too cold. All my anxiety was showing up in my body.
I began thinking about work, the issues there, my house, and how I need to get a floor redone but haven’t found someone to do this. I listened to a meditation tape and relaxed, but it did not put me to sleep. Time ticked along, and at 4:00 AM, I was reminding myself that the only thing that happened is that I began to believe I needed something besides the peace of God.
I remembered that the peace of God is everything I want.
Again, the ego insisted that my problems are still here, but I heard the Voice for God assure me that seeking and finding the peace of God is my only function now. All else will be taken care of, and it is not my job to direct that. Trust.
Feeling at peace finally, I decided to use my time wisely. I was awake, so it must be that awake is what I am supposed to be. So, I asked the Holy Spirit what I should do now, and He sent me to my computer to do my work with Him. I love this work, and as it turns out, 4:00 AM is a good time to do it. Peace was in me all along, and when I chose to seek and find it, I did. Simple.
GRATITUDE: These years of practicing peace have paid off. I seldom lose my peace anymore, and when I do, I regain it quickly because I value it above all else. One goal, the peace of God; it works. And I am so grateful that I made that choice.
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