If you are trusting in your own strength, you have every reason to be apprehensive, anxious and fearful. What can you predict or control? What is there in you that can be counted on? What would give you the ability to be aware of all the facets of any problem, and to resolve them in such a way that only good can come of it? What is there in you that gives you the recognition of the right solution, and the guarantee that it will be accomplished?

Of yourself you can do none of these things. To believe that you can is to put your trust where trust is unwarranted, and to justify fear, anxiety, depression, anger and sorrow. Who can put his faith in weakness and feel safe? Yet who can put his faith in strength and feel weak?

God is your safety in every circumstance. His Voice speaks for Him in all situations and in every aspect of all situations, telling you exactly what to do to call upon His strength and His protection. There are no exceptions because God has no exceptions. And the Voice which speaks for Him thinks as He does.

Today we will try to reach past your own weakness to the Source of real strength. Four five-minute practice periods are necessary today, and longer and more frequent ones are urged. Close your eyes and begin, as usual, by repeating the idea for the day. Then spend a minute or two in searching for situations in your life which you have invested with fear, dismissing each one by telling yourself:

God is the strength in which I trust.

Now try to slip past all concerns related to your own sense of inadequacy. It is obvious that any situation that causes you concern is associated with feelings of inadequacy, for otherwise you would believe that you could deal with the situation successfully. It is not by trusting yourself that you will gain confidence. But the strength of God in you is successful in all things.

The recognition of your own frailty is a necessary step in the correction of your errors, but it is hardly a sufficient one in giving you the confidence which you need, and to which you are entitled. You must also gain an awareness that confidence in your real strength is fully justified in every respect and in all circumstances.

In the latter phase of the practice period, try to reach down into your mind to a place of real safety. You will recognize that you have reached it if you feel a sense of deep peace, however briefly. Let go all the trivial things that churn and bubble on the surface of your mind, and reach down and below them to the Kingdom of Heaven. There is a place in you where there is perfect peace. There is a place in you where nothing is impossible. There is a place in you where the strength of God abides.

During the day, repeat the idea often. Use it as your answer to any disturbance. Remember that peace is your right, because you are giving your trust to the strength of God.

𐑦𐑓 𐑿 𐑸 𐑑𐑮𐑳𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑯 𐑘𐑹 𐑴𐑯 𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑧𐑙𐑔, 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑦 𐑮𐑰𐑟𐑩𐑯 𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑨𐑐𐑮𐑦𐑣𐑧𐑯𐑕𐑦𐑝, 𐑨𐑙𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑕 𐑯 𐑓𐑽𐑓𐑩𐑤. 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑿 𐑐𐑮𐑦𐑛𐑦𐑒𐑑 𐑹 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑮𐑴𐑤? 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑞𐑺 𐑦𐑯 𐑿 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑚𐑰 𐑒𐑬𐑯𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑪𐑯? 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑢𐑫𐑛 𐑜𐑦𐑝 𐑿 𐑞 𐑩𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑦 𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑩𐑢𐑺 𐑝 𐑷𐑤 𐑞 𐑓𐑨𐑕𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑝 𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑐𐑮𐑪𐑚𐑤𐑩𐑥, 𐑯 𐑑 𐑮𐑦𐑟𐑪𐑤𐑝 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑦𐑯 𐑕𐑳𐑗 𐑩 𐑢𐑱 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑦 𐑜𐑫𐑛 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑒𐑳𐑥 𐑝 𐑦𐑑? 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑞𐑺 𐑦𐑯 𐑿 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑟 𐑿 𐑞 𐑮𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑜𐑯𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑞 𐑮𐑲𐑑 𐑕𐑩𐑤𐑵𐑖𐑩𐑯, 𐑯 𐑞 𐑜𐑨𐑮𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑰 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑚𐑰 𐑩𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑐𐑤𐑦𐑖𐑑?

𐑝 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑿 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑛𐑵 𐑯𐑳𐑯 𐑝 𐑞𐑰𐑟 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑟. 𐑑 𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑰𐑝 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑿 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑦𐑟 𐑑 𐑐𐑫𐑑 𐑘𐑹 𐑑𐑮𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑢𐑺 𐑑𐑮𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑳𐑯𐑢𐑪𐑮𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑩𐑛, 𐑯 𐑑 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑓𐑲 𐑓𐑽, 𐑨𐑙𐑟𐑲𐑩𐑑𐑦, 𐑛𐑦𐑐𐑮𐑧𐑖𐑩𐑯, 𐑨𐑙𐑜𐑼 𐑯 𐑕𐑪𐑮𐑴. 𐑣𐑵 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑐𐑫𐑑 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑓𐑱𐑔 𐑦𐑯 𐑢𐑰𐑒𐑯𐑩𐑕 𐑯 𐑓𐑰𐑤 𐑕𐑱𐑓? 𐑘𐑧𐑑 𐑣𐑵 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑐𐑫𐑑 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑓𐑱𐑔 𐑦𐑯 𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑧𐑙𐑔 𐑯 𐑓𐑰𐑤 𐑢𐑰𐑒?

·𐑜𐑪𐑛 𐑦𐑟 𐑘𐑹 𐑕𐑱𐑓𐑑𐑦 𐑦𐑯 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑦 𐑕𐑻𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑕𐑑𐑨𐑯𐑕. 𐑣𐑦𐑟 ·𐑝𐑶𐑕 𐑕𐑐𐑰𐑒𐑕 𐑓 ·𐑣𐑦𐑥 𐑦𐑯 𐑷𐑤 𐑕𐑦𐑗𐑵𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑯 𐑦𐑯 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑦 𐑨𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑒𐑑 𐑝 𐑷𐑤 𐑕𐑦𐑗𐑵𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟, 𐑑𐑧𐑤𐑦𐑙 𐑿 𐑦𐑜𐑟𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑑 𐑛𐑵 𐑑 𐑒𐑷𐑤 𐑩𐑐𐑪𐑯 ·𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑧𐑙𐑔 𐑯 ·𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑐𐑮𐑩𐑑𐑧𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯. 𐑞𐑺 𐑸 𐑯𐑴 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑧𐑐𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 ·𐑜𐑪𐑛 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑯𐑴 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑧𐑐𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟. 𐑯 𐑞 ·𐑝𐑶𐑕 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑕𐑐𐑰𐑒𐑕 𐑓 ·𐑣𐑦𐑥 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒𐑕 𐑨𐑟 ·𐑣𐑰 𐑛𐑳𐑟.

𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑢𐑰 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑑𐑮𐑲 𐑑 𐑮𐑰𐑗 𐑐𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑘𐑹 𐑴𐑯 𐑢𐑰𐑒𐑯𐑩𐑕 𐑑 𐑞 ·𐑕𐑹𐑕 𐑝 𐑮𐑾𐑤 𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑧𐑙𐑔. 𐑓𐑹 𐑓𐑲𐑝-𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑑 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟 𐑸 𐑯𐑧𐑕𐑦𐑕𐑺𐑦 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱, 𐑯 𐑤𐑪𐑙𐑜𐑼 𐑯 𐑥𐑹 𐑓𐑮𐑰𐑒𐑢𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑟 𐑸 𐑻𐑡𐑛. 𐑒𐑤𐑴𐑟 𐑘𐑹 𐑲𐑟 𐑯 𐑚𐑦𐑜𐑦𐑯, 𐑨𐑟 𐑿𐑠𐑵𐑩𐑤, 𐑚𐑲 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑓 𐑞 𐑛𐑱. 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑯𐑛 𐑩 𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑑 𐑹 𐑑𐑵 𐑦𐑯 𐑕𐑻𐑗𐑦𐑙 𐑓 𐑕𐑦𐑗𐑵𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑦𐑯 𐑘𐑹 𐑤𐑲𐑓 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑦𐑯𐑝𐑧𐑕𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑓𐑽, 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑥𐑦𐑕𐑦𐑙 𐑰𐑗 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑚𐑲 𐑑𐑧𐑤𐑦𐑙 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓:

·𐑜𐑪𐑛 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑧𐑙𐑔 𐑦𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑲 𐑑𐑮𐑳𐑕𐑑.

𐑯𐑬 𐑑𐑮𐑲 𐑑 𐑕𐑤𐑦𐑐 𐑐𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑷𐑤 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑻𐑯𐑟 𐑮𐑦𐑤𐑱𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑑 𐑘𐑹 𐑴𐑯 𐑕𐑧𐑯𐑕 𐑝 𐑦𐑯𐑨𐑛𐑦𐑒𐑢𐑩𐑕𐑦. 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑪𐑚𐑝𐑾𐑕 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑕𐑦𐑗𐑵𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑒𐑷𐑟𐑩𐑟 𐑿 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑻𐑯 𐑦𐑟 𐑩𐑕𐑴𐑖𐑦𐑱𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑓𐑰𐑤𐑦𐑙𐑟 𐑝 𐑦𐑯𐑨𐑛𐑦𐑒𐑢𐑩𐑕𐑦, 𐑓 𐑳𐑞𐑼𐑢𐑲𐑟 𐑿 𐑢𐑫𐑛 𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑰𐑝 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑿 𐑒𐑫𐑛 𐑛𐑰𐑤 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑞 𐑕𐑦𐑗𐑵𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑕𐑩𐑒𐑕𐑧𐑕𐑓𐑩𐑤𐑦. 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑚𐑲 𐑑𐑮𐑳𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑜𐑱𐑯 𐑒𐑪𐑯𐑓𐑦𐑛𐑩𐑯𐑕. 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑞 𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑧𐑙𐑔 𐑝 ·𐑜𐑪𐑛 𐑦𐑯 𐑿 𐑦𐑟 𐑕𐑩𐑒𐑕𐑧𐑕𐑓𐑩𐑤 𐑦𐑯 𐑷𐑤 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑟.

𐑞 𐑮𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑜𐑯𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑘𐑹 𐑴𐑯 𐑓𐑮𐑱𐑤𐑑𐑦 𐑦𐑟 𐑩 𐑯𐑧𐑕𐑦𐑕𐑺𐑦 𐑕𐑑𐑧𐑐 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑒𐑼𐑧𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑘𐑹 𐑧𐑮𐑼𐑟, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑣𐑸𐑛𐑤𐑦 𐑩 𐑕𐑩𐑓𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑦𐑯 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑦𐑙 𐑿 𐑞 𐑒𐑪𐑯𐑓𐑦𐑛𐑩𐑯𐑕 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑿 𐑯𐑰𐑛, 𐑯 𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑿 𐑸 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑲𐑑𐑩𐑤𐑛. 𐑿 𐑥𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑷𐑤𐑕𐑴 𐑜𐑱𐑯 𐑩𐑯 𐑩𐑢𐑺𐑯𐑩𐑕 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑒𐑪𐑯𐑓𐑦𐑛𐑩𐑯𐑕 𐑦𐑯 𐑘𐑹 𐑮𐑾𐑤 𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑧𐑙𐑔 𐑦𐑟 𐑓𐑫𐑤𐑦 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑓𐑲𐑛 𐑦𐑯 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑦 𐑮𐑦𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑒𐑑 𐑯 𐑦𐑯 𐑷𐑤 𐑕𐑻𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑕𐑑𐑨𐑯𐑕𐑩𐑟.

𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑤𐑨𐑑𐑼 𐑓𐑱𐑟 𐑝 𐑞 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛, 𐑑𐑮𐑲 𐑑 𐑮𐑰𐑗 𐑛𐑬𐑯 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑵 𐑘𐑹 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑑 𐑩 𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑕 𐑝 𐑮𐑾𐑤 𐑕𐑱𐑓𐑑𐑦. 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑮𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑜𐑯𐑲𐑟 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑮𐑰𐑗𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑓 𐑿 𐑓𐑰𐑤 𐑩 𐑕𐑧𐑯𐑕 𐑝 𐑛𐑰𐑐 𐑐𐑰𐑕, 𐑣𐑬𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑚𐑮𐑰𐑓𐑤𐑦. 𐑤𐑧𐑑 𐑜𐑴 𐑷𐑤 𐑞 𐑑𐑮𐑦𐑝𐑾𐑤 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑟 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑗𐑻𐑯 𐑯 𐑚𐑳𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑕𐑻𐑓𐑦𐑕 𐑝 𐑘𐑹 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛, 𐑯 𐑮𐑰𐑗 𐑛𐑬𐑯 𐑯 𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑴 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑑 𐑞 ·𐑒𐑦𐑙𐑛𐑩𐑥 𐑝 ·𐑣𐑧𐑝𐑩𐑯. 𐑞𐑺 𐑦𐑟 𐑩 𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑕 𐑦𐑯 𐑿 𐑢𐑺 𐑞𐑺 𐑦𐑟 𐑐𐑻𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑑 𐑐𐑰𐑕. 𐑞𐑺 𐑦𐑟 𐑩 𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑕 𐑦𐑯 𐑿 𐑢𐑺 𐑯𐑳𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑟 𐑦𐑥𐑐𐑪𐑕𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤. 𐑞𐑺 𐑦𐑟 𐑩 𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑕 𐑦𐑯 𐑿 𐑢𐑺 𐑞 𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑧𐑙𐑔 𐑝 ·𐑜𐑪𐑛 𐑩𐑚𐑲𐑛𐑟.

𐑛𐑫𐑼𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑛𐑱, 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑪𐑓𐑑𐑩𐑯. 𐑿𐑟 𐑦𐑑 𐑨𐑟 𐑘𐑹 𐑨𐑯𐑕𐑼 𐑑 𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑻𐑚𐑩𐑯𐑕. 𐑮𐑦𐑥𐑧𐑥𐑚𐑼 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑐𐑰𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑘𐑹 𐑮𐑲𐑑, 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑿 𐑸 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑦𐑙 𐑘𐑹 𐑑𐑮𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑑 𐑞 𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑧𐑙𐑔 𐑝 ·𐑜𐑪𐑛.