Very interesting topic I shared a little insight on this morning at AM fellowship.

85:0 Into Action
We will see that our new attitude has been given us without any thought or effort on our part.  It just comes! That is the miracle of it.  We are not fighting it, neither are we avoiding temptation.  We feel as though we had been placed in position of neutrality – safe and protected.  We have not even sworn off.  Instead, the problem has been removed.  It does not exist for us.  We are neither cocky nor are we afraid.  That is our experience.  That is how we react so long as we keep in fit spiritual condition.
It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels.  We are headed for trouble if we do, for there is a subtle foe.  We are not cured.  What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition.  Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God’s will into all of our activities.  “How can I best serve God – His will (not mine) be done.”  These are thoughts which must go with us constantly.  We can exercise our will power along this line all we wish.  It is the proper use of the will.

I am an ego-maniac and that’s the reality I face day to day.  It’s better that I give my will to God because only then can I go forward with the right attitude.  Without this reprieve I am hopeless and lost and doomed to go out and do all the things I have been rescued from.  Despite having a new attitude and living a revived spiritual walk, it is always possible to grab my old attitudes and my will and head right down the path I was on before.  I’m not afraid of this at all.  What I’ve gone through must have been something that I needed to go through, though it would have been easier had I not.
The page of this chapter I just quoted from goes on to describe the process of receiving this awesome gift of a life changing attitude.  It makes reference to 59:2:11 “seeking through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understand him, we pray for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.”  This suggests prayer and meditation and we shouldn’t be shy on this matter of prayer.
Now I go forward and make progress but I understand I will never be perfect and for that matter, no one is or will be.  I can live with that today.  Tomorrow, I will ask to have the same attitude going forward through the day, and likewise the day after.  This is the progress of spiritual improvement and growth.
 

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