is centred in Deity is the one
who not only outrides every storm, but who through the faith, and so,
the conscious power that is in him, faces storm with the same calmness
and serenity that he faces fair weather; for he knows well beforehand
what the outcome will be. He knows that underneath are the everlasting
arms. He it is who realizes the truth of the injunction, "Rest in the
Lord, wait patiently for Him and He shall give thee thy heart's
desire." All shall be given, simply given, to him who is ready to
accept it. Can anything be clearer than this?
In the degree, then, that we work in conjunction with the Supreme Power
do we need the less to concern ourselves about results. To live in the
full realization of this fact and all that attends it brings peace, a
full, rich, abiding peace,--a peace that makes the present complete,
and that, going on before, brings back the assurance that as our days,
so shall our strength be. The one who is thus centred, even in the
face of all the unrest and the turmoil about us, can realize and say--
* * * *
"I stay my haste, I make delays,
For what avails this eager pace?
I stand amid eternal ways,
And what is mine shall know my face.
"Asleep, awake, by night or day,
The friends I seek are seeking me;
No wind can drive my bark astray,
Nor change the tide of destiny.
* * * *
"The waters know their own, and draw
The brooks that spring in yonder height;
So flows the good with equal law
Unto the soul of pure delight
"The stars come nightly to the sky;
The tidal wave unto the sea;
Nor time, nor space, nor deep, nor high,
Can keep my own away from me."
COMING INTO FULLNESS OF POWER.
This is the Spirit of Infinite Power, and in the degree that we open
ourselves to it does power become manifest in us. With God all things
are possible,--that is, in conjunction with God all things are
possible. The true secret of power lies in keeping one's connection
with the God who worketh all things; and in the degree that we keep
this connection are we able literally to rise above every conceivable
limitation.
Why, then, waste time in running hither and thither to acquire power?
Why waste time with this practice or that practice? Why not go
directly to the mountain top itself, instead of wandering through the
by-ways, in the valleys, and on the mountain sides? That man has
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