Right now — here in this present moment — I choose to let this mind be in me which was also in Christ. I choose to acknowledge my beginning in God, in the Logos, and not in the kosmos. I have to choose this on purpose, in defiance of anything which may appear to present evidence to the contrary. The truth about who I am now is different than what is true about who I was before Jesus.
This is the basis of my entire reality now. No longer am I dependent upon feeding body and soul with what makes them happy in temporary ways. My innermost being, my spirit, has now been made one with the Spirit of God, and it is from this absolute center that I now live my life — feeding spirit first, and knowing that only in this manner can body and soul be effectively maintained in the ways that really matter.
I swim against the stream of the compulsions of this present darkness, and in so doing I deliberately engage with the Divine in my every waking moment.
This is not burdensome. It is not arduous. If I find that it becomes so, I need to re-focus.
I recline upon the promises of my Savior as I labor to enter into this rest. This labor can only be performed in the place of repose which comes from realizing what has already been accomplished. The energy to carry out these actions can only result from the peace that passes all understanding.
