“Nothing can prevail against a Son of God who commends his spirit into the Hands of his Father. By doing this the mind awakens from its sleep and remembers its Creator. (T39)”
Affirmation: “the mind awakens from its sleep.”
Reflections:
This statement by Jesus is a paraphrase of one of the cries made from the cross. Here we are asked to also commend our spirit into the Hands of the Father. What happens is the greatest miracles the Course holds out to us: Awakening. “. . .[T]he mind awakens from its sleep and remembers its Creator.”
What a glorious promise! Here the way is pointed out to us in a very few words: commend our spirit to God and all will be well. We will be at home with God, even while in this world. We will inhabit the real world, where projections are cleansed, and thus perceptions are seen afresh. We may know pain still, but we will not know suffering.
“Nothing can prevail against. . .” is a powerful introduction to this idea. We do not have to fret that the world of special relationships, not yet holy, will impede our progress. “Nothing” can prevail against us once we have made the decision to surrender completely to God and to His guidance through the Holy Spirit.
Prayer:
Dear Father,
May I know what it is to commend my spirit into Your hands. By so doing may I awaken from my sleep in this world.
All will be well with me when I do commend my spirit into Your hands. Thank you for this great promise.
Amen.
