Scripture: Isaiah 26:3

You will keep in perfect peace

    those whose minds are steadfast,

    because they trust in You.

Thought for the Day: Jesus is single-minded. He does not allow himself to be trapped in the dualistic thinking of the world around him. His focus is always and only on God and “God’s will.” Now, the term “God’s will” has come to be abused and twisted (like so much else in Scripture) to imply that God somehow has an intention for the path of one’s life. We’re told that God’s will is for us to be a carpenter, or that we fell into addiction in order to recover and find a deeper relationship with God, etc. This is not what the biblical author’s meant.

“God’s will” has to do with single-mindedness, with remaining steadfast in God’s love, in the manner of Jesus. Trust in God, absolute conviction and faith that God is an active presence of everlasting love in the world, shatters the illusions of the dual mind and gives us clarity of sight, thought, and action.

Jesus would look around the modern world and see beyond our borders of hate and terror. Completely focused on God’s love, he is God’s love in the world. He would walk into the middle of Syria and start healing all the children who have been maimed by falling missiles. He would preach and change the awareness of all who could hear, obliterating the dualistic thinking that has polarized our world and brought it back to the brink of nuclear war.

We too must remain steadfast and trust God. If we are single-minded and completely focused on God, then we too will become the Christs who change the world, because we now see and act differently.

Prayer: Good and loving God, keep me focused on your presence, reveal the truth of the world to me, and render the dark cloth of fear and hatred from my heart, that I may see and experience the world in the oneness of Your everlasting love. Amen.