Be Love’s
Transformation-Agent
By
Julio C. Rivas, CS
Christ Jesus often told people to repent, which meant to undergo a spiritual
transformation. On those occasions when he said “sin no more” to those he
had healed, he wanted to impress on them the importance of not retrograding to
their old ways.
Christ Jesus was a change agent. When he
declares that "it is the spirit that quickeneth” and the “flesh profiteth
nothing," he means that healing, success and progress are the result of
altering one’s way of thinking and behaving. He moved people out of their
ignorant, fearful and mistaken ways to a new place of spiritual, intelligent
thinking and living.
Outstanding metaphysician and healer, M. B. Eddy, writes that for effective
change "What we most need is the prayer of fervent desire for growth in
grace, expressed in patience, meekness, love and good deeds." Her
statement echoes the Apostle Paul’s emphasis on grace as the primary
determinant of a person’s character and of his/her ability to achieve great
good.
There is surface change and then there is deep,
meaningful change. Because grace comes from boundless Love-God our
expression of it demonstrates excellence of thought and character.
Honest self-reflection is essential for
grace-induced change. Most of us can recall discordant human
relationships that did not improve until we eliminated pride, envy, resentment,
revenge and hatred. There are also those other instances when much effort
and money has been expended to improve a business or social condition, and the
end result was failure, because corrosive attitudes, such as greed, pride and
dishonesty, were driving the effort.
It helps to know that we are not mere physical
mortals trying to improve ourselves and effect purposeful change around
us. We can draw on Mind-God, who is infinite wisdom and love, and on what
Mind imparts to us. Our spiritual essence, which is the outcome of Mind,
is composed of infinite, divine qualities. Grace, intelligence, health,
courage and might represent some of our innate, spiritual qualities.
Soul-God shapes our incorporeal, divine
nature. When we identify ourselves as Soul’s expressions of infinite,
celestial qualities, we experience internal transformation. Integrity,
wisdom, intelligence, creativity and boldness are some of the many qualities
that are made evident in our humanity.
Christ is a term that describes the divine
nature of Jesus, but it also describes Soul’s ever-active influence in our
human affairs. When we accept its influence it can alter us. Our admittance
of Soul’s grace-filled intelligence can correct apparently adamant and
insurmountable situations.
This Biblical statement communicates the
superlative authority of divine Intelligence-God: “he is in one mind, and who
can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth."
To superlative Love-Mind everything and everyone
expresses its magnificent and bountiful intelligence, health and
resources. To our Mind-enhanced reasoning no dilemma is too difficult to
resolve. Our expression of Mind generates creative and effective answers
to long-standing dilemmas. Its beneficent results are wide-ranging.
I remember the time when a group of us volunteered to raise funding and
establish a nursing care facility in our city. For many reasons past
efforts to do this had failed. It was not easy for our group and we
experienced several setbacks, but we accomplished it within a year.
My friend George was an outstanding
transformation-agent in our group. The nursing facility would not have
come to fruition without him. He relied thoroughly on Love-Mind for everything.
He identified man as Mind’s incorporeal, intelligent and upright
reflection. When we experienced deception, dishonesty, greed and
manipulation, he responded with Love’s wisdom. George brought an arsenal
of spiritual qualities with him. While serving as his right hand man, I
saw up close, in multiple, intense negotiations, his expression of grace,
intelligence, courage, vision, integrity, patience, and creative
problem-solving.
The other transformation-agent was Rube.
She managed the nursing facility for several years. Under her able and
inspirational stewardship marvelous healings occurred at this facility.
Many were healed of incurable, chronic and acute diseases.
Rube was a spiritual force of Love’s grace, strength and intelligence.
She exuded so much of Love’s joy, generosity, vitality and vision that she
raised the commitment and abilities of those around her.
By expressing all-intelligent Mind-Love our
motives are naturally pure and good. We are acting out from a
Love-impelled basis and this compounds outstanding results. Brilliant
answers to problems — large or small – come forth when we are in tune with
divine grace. In fact, Mind’s right answers surround us and we can
discern them spiritually.
Let us take to heart "Thy will be done” –
let’s allow ourselves to be Love’s transformation-agents,
and then amazing good is attainable.
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