From the Editors June 3, 2013 ISSUE

Willing to yield

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The consciousness of a spiritually inspired individual is both unmovable and pliable. It is, as Jesus would put it, grounded on the rock. This rock is the everlasting supremacy of God, divine Truth. When we hear of supposed threats suggesting a power other than God, we respond with Paul, “None of these things move me” (Acts 20:24 ). We simply are not moved off what we know is true.

So, while not moved by fear, injustice, or maliciousness, an inspired individual is also utterly pliable to the spiritual understanding he or she obtains about God. Only a feather-light touch is necessary to reposition, to correct, the elastic consciousness of one who loves God wholeheartedly. “The human mind, imbued with this spiritual understanding, becomes more elastic, is capable of greater endurance, escapes somewhat from itself, and requires less repose,” explains Mary Baker Eddy in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (p. 128 ).

Watch how right it feels to yield, by your own consent, to what God is telling you about yourself.

We’re always yielding, one way or another. We may yield to opinions, opinions that may or may not always be factual. We may yield to temptation or fear. Or we may yield to God. It feels so good to obey God—to yield wholeheartedly to His intelligence and love. When we yield while praying, we lovingly make space in ourselves for the Truth that is God.

Here is a very helpful point in Science and Health about yielding: “The effect of this Science is to stir the human mind to a change of base, on which it may yield to the harmony of the divine Mind” (p. 162 ). Why not have a change of base right here and now? How is God showing you a better view of yourself? Or maybe, as you pray, God is giving you a clearer idea as to who you truly are. Or it may be that God is providing you with a wordless, deep sense of comfort. Is there a willingness to make room for this divine activity in your thoughts?

Watch how right it feels to yield, by your own consent, to what God is telling you about yourself. Consent means to agree and to be in concord of opinion. That kind of consent not only is fun, it also heals in the manner of Jesus’ wonderful example.

You can never be exempt from God’s pure expression of perfection in yourself. When you pray, “Thy will be done,” you can consent to the fact that God’s will for you as the child of His creating is not just improvement, but also uninterrupted perfection. Submit wholeheartedly to God’s will, holding nothing back.

It’s a joy to be both pliable and unmovable. At any point in a day, clear out some space in thought. Then invite in the intelligence and love of God. Yield to it cheerfully and willingly until it resides in you solidly. The moment you ground yourself on this rock of divine Truth, realize how you glow with peace, purity, goodness, and even perfection.

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