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God’s Corner
god’sc orner
by Gertrude M. Puelicher
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Some weeks ag o as a snow-laden wind howled its way through the woods, the birches bent with its force; the Norways, stiffly upright, fought it proudly, although their branches quivered under the onslaught. A conical shaped suet feeder swung crazily, like a jerky gymnast showing off his tricks. To the side of the feeder clung a chickadee, his tiny claws dug deep into the suet, his black-topped head bobbing as he hammered away at the chunk of fat. He was oblivious to the storm, oblivious of the wild ride the feeder was taking him on, oblivious of everything except his desire for food. Fear was no part of his thinking. Evidently birds have a built-in radar system that keeps them in touch with the Spirit within; hence, they know no fear. A Bible verse we humans would do well to remember tells us that “God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” A corollary to that statement might be “There is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.” Has the time not come for us to recognize that Spirit within and be grateful for the understanding that comes through the inspiration of the Almighty? What is it we need to understand? That we need not fear. We need not fear war nor lack nor revolution nor economic disaster. We need not fear anything because God’s gifts to us do not include fear. Fear is an unknown quantity in God’s universe. John tells us that “perfect love casteth out fear.” Love of whom? Love of God. Love of God casts out fear. How? Because we are assured “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee.” If,
then, in our love for Him we keep our minds stayed on God,
we will be kept in perfect peace, and there can be no fear in
peace that comes from the Father within.
What about the other gifts—power, love, a sound
mind? Paul said, “I can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me.” There is power available to each of us
as it was to Paul. All we need have is the conviction of that
statement’s truth. Paul believed it unwaveringly.
What about the power of love? Read the 13th chapter of
First Corinthians—“Faith, hope and charity but the greatest of
these is charity (love).”
A sound mind? What constitutes a sound mind? One
that recognizes God, Infinite Intelligence, as its source, and
never deviates from that premise.
A mind that realizes the significance of “Trust in the Lord with
all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding;
in all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy
paths.” Finally, in Paul’s advice to the Philippians we recognize
his concept of a sound mind when he exhorts them “Let this
mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.”
We, too, can stand firmly in the face of whatever storms
may arise when we rule out of our thinking as power
anything that does not come from God. The Omnipresence,
Omnipotence and Omniscience of the Father within are
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