Did you ever stop to think about Christ Jesus' total commitment to spiritual identification? His answer to questions posed to him revealed his conscious oneness with God. He said: "The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand"; "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work"; "The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise." John 3:35; 5:17, 19. Over and over, Jesus confirmed his relationship to God as his source. It becomes exquisitely clear that his unceasing identification of man as the perfect expression of the one true Mind—his Father-Mother God—was the key to demonstration. He was individualizing God's power. Truth, God, was asserting itself and supplying him with the truth of his being. His proofs of God's love embracing humanity gave the world a whole new dimension to living.
This insight can inspire us to "go and do likewise," and thus begin a commitment to align our thoughts with God more consistently. Of course we may think we are already doing this, but probably we'd all admit that there's room for improvement. Make the commitment a conscious one. In her Miscellaneous Writings Mrs. Eddy writes: "Every human thought must turn instinctively to the divine Mind as its sole centre and intelligence. Until this be done, man will never be found harmonious and immortal."Mis., pp. 307-308.
Ruminating is a favorite pastime of the human mind. We tend to go over and over situations and conversations in our thought. Most of this involves useless cogitation regarding mortal personalities, material happenings, and fears concerning future events. But we can see through this miserable frame-up of the human mind and truly seek to let the divine Mind—the only real Mind—be our God. If we see the necessity of loving God supremely and of demonstrating this love through a practical worship— by accepting Him as the source of all true thought and volition and by doing His will—we will find that this conscious worship keeps us alert to the frequent and devious suggestions that make up the so-called human consciousness. The carnal mind would always have one identify himself as a mortal with brain-based, matter-based thinking.
