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God makes no attempt to be in action and yet is the source of all action. Nothing is left undone and nothing is beyond his power. His eternal nature is the unchanging principle of the past, present, and future of effortless achievement. God has made everything beautiful in its time and set eternity in the hearts of man; yet we cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. It is better for us to be happy and do good while we live. Everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. When we embody the principle of effortless achievement, our environment, circumstances, relationships, family & friends will naturally transform into alignment with our goals. The Lord’s divine power has given us everything we need for life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. He has given us his very great and precious promises, so we can participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. We must make every effort to add to our faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. If we possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep us in alignment with our Lord Jesus Christ. However, it is our strong desire to be the captain of the ship and take control of our own direction in life. Our transformation may lead to chaos if left unchecked; derailing us from the simplicity of God. Romans 8:5, 5Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. Thus, our own thoughts and emotions, once aligned with God can result in being self-absorbed due to the pure excitement for success and drive for fame. The mind of a sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace. We must not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of our mind. cJohn 16:12-16, 12“I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. 14He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you. 15All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you. 16“In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.”
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According to the way of the world, the weak is inferior to the strong; however this is contrary to the Bible. 2 Corinthians 12:9, 9But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. Thus, people should not abandon weakness, just as fish cannot leave deep waters. When fish leave the depths, they are caught. When people abandon weakness, they join the league of the dead (spiritually dead). God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. It is also Lao-Tsu’s belief that the weak can conquer the strong by letting the strong exhaust themselves until they become weak. Those who live according to their spirit speak softly and act with care. They do not argue about right and wrong, better or worse, good or bad, but understand the harmony of Heaven and Earth. They perceive and adapt to the hidden light that is the invisible power of the natural order for Heaven and Earth. Mark 15:2-5, 2“Are you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate. “Yes, it is as you say,” Jesus replied. 3The chief priests accused him of many things. 4So again Pilate asked him, “Aren’t you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of.” 5But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed.
We know that Jesus reached his highest limit of greatness in the eyes of man and goes beyond our understanding. Because we cannot add to the greatness of Jesus, the only way we know how to treat Jesus was lowering or condemning him. It is similar to the way we treat the fall of raising stars who reached their limits, such as Michael Jackson. We attract attention to gain popularity at the cost of another person before knowing the facts and soon become experts in our field. In fact, we may be afraid to look in the mirror at ourselves and can be very defensive when others do the same. We shrink, weaken, and cast legendary people down to what was once expanded, strong, and honored. This is how Jesus was treated when he was arrested and sent to Caiaphas, the high priest where the teachers of the law and the elders had assembled.
Matthew 26:59-68
59The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death. 60But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward 61and declared, “This fellow said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’ ” 62Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, “Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?” 63But Jesus remained silent. The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.” 64“Yes, it is as you say,” Jesus replied. “But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.” 65Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy. 66What do you think?” “He is worthy of death,” they answered. 67Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Others slapped him 68and said, “Prophesy to us, Christ. Who hit you?”
It is the Grace of God who given up his only Son to be the sacrifice for our sin. John 7:37-39, On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. 38Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.” 39By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified. Jesus gave up his Spirit on the cross to live in you, whom you have received from God. For that reason, your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and you are not your own. Though, we have received the Holy Spirit, but it must first be given by God to whom he chooses. If our sovereign God knows the value of giving, how much more should we do it? In order to receive, we must start by giving. In order to be treated kindly, we must start by giving other kindness. If we wish to make friends, we must start by being friendly. This is the natural order of God’s nature who is circular; the principle underlying all interaction that is one of dynamic, universal energy exchange. It is impossible to fully understand laws of nature (secret wisdom of things) because God have hidden these things from the wise. All things have been committed to Jesus by his Father and no one knows except the Father and Son, and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. Just as fish keeping its depths, so too are the unrevealed weapons of the Heavenly Kingdom.
To hold the Great Image is the state of illuminated oneness. The greatness of God’s nature attracts people to congregate as One Body. We can be part of this Oneness when our soul is aligned with God. The Body of Christ has no harm nor protection because there is nothing harmful. All good things will come to us when we are living in the Body of Christ because we are one with all things. Whether it is the force of nature or law of attraction, the living spirit inside us is the same spirit in the Body of Christ that attracts the things we desire in our life.
The body is a unit made up of many parts. Although all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ, for we are all baptized by one Spirit into one body. God has arranged every part in the body just as he wanted them to be. In fact, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable and the parts that we think are less honorable He treats with special honor. And the parts that are not presentable are treated with special modesty while our presentable parts need no special treatment. Thus, God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there is no division in the body but that its parts have equal concern for each other. If one part of the body suffers, every part suffers with it; and if one part of the body is honored, every part rejoices with it. All parts find their place and there are none that are not at joy and peace. Unfortunately, every person stumbles in many ways and separates from the Body of Christ. The tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men who have been made in God’s likeness. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, authorities, and powers of the dark. We must put on the full armor of God so that we can stand firm in faith against evil.
The sound of music and good food represents the physical pleasure of the material world which delights the senses; unlike God who seems colorless and flavorless, because He cannot be seen nor heard by ordinary man. God does not seem to offer much but if we pause in our travels (daily life) and search deep within our hearts, we will discover true joy and peace. Perhaps music and good food attracts the attention of travelers, but we must remind ourselves it is only momentary pleasure. When the people saw that Moses was gone for a long period of time, they gather jewelry and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf. They indulge in revelry to the sound of music and feast like wild animals. The travelers turned away from God commandments and they bowed down to a gold calf and sacrificed to it. Their own selfish desires made them stiff-necked people, unable to hear the Words of God who brought them out of Egyptian slavery. The Israelites believe God’s commandments sounded plain, without a taste for life.
These travelers where not in a state of illuminated Oneness, thus the secret knowledge of God was hidden and silent. Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. They will be ever hearing but never understanding; they will be ever seeing but never perceiving. Therefore, we must make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit, just as we were called to one hope, one Lord, one faith, and one baptism. Those who can stand firm in faith and be One with the Lord, will enjoy limitless blessings. The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. With the measure we use, it will be measured to us and even more. God will never grow tired or weary and his understanding cannot be fathom.
