The power of distraction…it keeps pulling us away from our center, from our intentions, from our purposes and goals. It is relentlessly present. The power of desire…it pulls us out of our Life-given orbit. It takes us places we think we want to go but later often regret. The power of perceived hunger…it keeps making us think that we need something in order to feel full.
All these other powers…we unconsciously feed them! We let these powers suck life and passion from us.
But the power that comes from God is different. We actually feel it give us roots of joy and thankfulness. We feel it give us lift...wings of hope. So, we can become spiritually airborne. This is a hugely different experience.
One kind of power kills us by getting in the way of our spiritual clarity and deep lucidity; the other enlivens us with spiritual awareness and resolve. It's as if one doesn’t care about us except for what it can draw from us to support itself. The other cares so much that it gives of itself to enliven us.
Jesus said, "If you continue in my word (power?)...you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (John 8:31-32)
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