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         Do I become your enemy because I tell you the truth? For have I not said that My Words are as a penis or as a sword? To him that is receptive, it is received with great joy. But to him that rejects in unyieldedness, it becomes a sword. It is the same Word, but it is the receptivity that counts. For one looks at it with great joy, and another looks at it in distress. And why is that? Because the one is open--open in heart and open in mind--and he receives. The other is closed in heart and closed in mind, and receives it not.
         The problem is not with Me nor with My message, and it is not with your queen and king, who only pour forth that which I give them. The problem lies in the receptivity of your hearts, in the rigidity of your minds, and in your desire to keep things the way they are. Let not Satan deceive you or distance you from Me. For he that comes to Me must believe that I am, and that I am the rewarder of them that diligently seek Me.
         You must come to Me in faith--faith that even when the things around you look, through the eyes of man, as if they are not going right, that I am still in control and that My children are still in My hand. For seeing through the eyes of the mind of man, the logic of man, is foolishness to Me. The ways of man are the ways of death, but the ways of God--faith in Me, trust in Me--are the ways of life, the ways of receptivity, and the ways of My Spirit.
         Thinking that you know better than Me is a dangerous business. For was this not even the problem of the Evil One? Did he not think that he knew better than God, that he had the answers? And thus in that state of mind he was resistant, unyielded, and was no longer fit for the Heavenly Kingdom.
         The mind of man is no match for the heart of God! (ML #3041).



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