How do the shadows use the physical mind?

God has laid a deep obligation—that you rise above sorrow and doubt, and the distrust of others, and be free. Put your whole confidence in God, and He will never fail you. It is that half-confidence, which gives the shadows their chance—it is that moment of hesitation when the mind asks—

Will the power of good be strong enough to overcome these terrible powers of evil?

It is in those moments of hesitation that much damage is done and you reap sorrow as a consequence.

Put your whole confidence in God, and He will never fail you.

It is essential that you put doubts of all kinds on one side. Busy days pass all too quickly—a host of details take your attention; the mind is tired and harassed and the effort is often too great, and so the shadows use the physical mind with its capacity for forgetting those things it should remember and remembering those things, which are best forgotten, to wound us again and again, and, in so doing, to strike at the Heart of the Saviour.

Put doubts of all kinds on one side.

In the Bible, you have illustrations of faith over and over again. Remember the words spoken to Thomas by our Lord—

Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed—

In those words, you have your direction; you have your admonition, and you cannot turn from it.

Build up the foundation of the pedestal on which faith rests.

Build up the foundation of the pedestal on which faith rests. The enemy, under cover of darkness, has been undermining that which you failed to notice. But when the grey days go on, and events seem so obstinate of changing, then the test comes, and you look around and see that damage has been done.

Be watchful, prayerful and rededicate constantly to God of heart and mind and body.

Be watchful, prayerful, and rededicate constantly to God of heart and mind and body. You cannot take liberties with yourself when you are out on the higher reaches. You have nothing upon which to hold when the wind blows cold—nothing, but the Christ within you—stronger than all the elements together.

You have to realise that when your supports are down, which often failed in time of need, in place of the shelter of the wood, though even there the storms beat in upon you and drive you from point to point—in place of those supports, you have the God within you.

Stand up, emancipated and free, with your hands outstretched to Christ—there is no one else to bring you through. It has to be done. These tests have to be faced; you have to know your real self—the self, which belongs to God, and until that real self is in harmony with the physical self, which, as yet, does not sufficiently recognise its Master, sorrow intervenes.

Once you adopt this attitude—

With Christ I am secure and nothing can touch me—

Nearly all the worries of your life will disappear never to return. Your attitude as Children of Light should be this—

God is my Father and I am His child—therefore, nothing that is not of Him can touch me—and nothing can touch me if only I believe.

—Zodiac, the Christ Messenger