Article December 31, 1949 Issue

NOT MY WILL

WILLIAM HAYWARD CLAIRE

When Christ Jesus was in the garden of Gethsemane with his disciples he prayed, "Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me," adding, "nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done" (Luke 22:42). The Master's acquiescence in the will of God was not submission to a power beyond his comprehension. It was, rather, the acknowledgment of the all-powerful divine Mind and of his identity as its representative. It was the truth of his being to which he submitted.

He was aware that God's man, His spiritual idea, reflecting intelligence, dignity, and self-respect, is always obedient to the will of God. He knew that man expresses the spontaneity of the forces of Love and lives by the law of Truth, which sustains him, and that his own strength lay in obedience to the divine Principle, Mind. Accepting the unalterable basis of the Supreme Being's eternal perfection and of man as His eternal, perfect image and likeness, he sought God's perfect plan that would reveal the supremacy of God's will over human outlining and preconceived planning. He permitted no suggestions of mortal mind either to obscure the Christ-consciousness or to prevent divine Mind's control from being demonstrated.

Man has the will to do right because he is allegiant to his Maker, who is always right. He is in submission to good only and loyal to the divine commands, because he reflects good, God. To pray, "Let that Mind be in me, 'which was also in Christ Jesus,'" shows one's desire and willingness to be led by the will of Spirit instead of relying upon any so-called personal will.

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