Alignment

We have all had the experience of trying to line up a screw with the threads and it just will not go in. We can try and try to screw it in, but if it is not lined up, if it is misaligned, it will not work. Our life works much the same way. When we are not lined up with God, when we are not aligned, our life does not work very well. We need to be in alignment - the process of adjusting parts so that they are in proper relative position - we need to be in the proper position with God.

This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It's adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike "What's next, Papa?" God's Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children. And we know we are going to get what's coming to us—an unbelievable inheritance! We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with him, then we're certainly going to go through the good times with him!

Romans 8:15-17

You see that we are misaligned, much like screw we try to make work and can't, if we do not know and understand that we are a child of God. We need to understand that we are created in the image of God. If we are children of God, created in God's image, then what do we have to fear? Fear and worry come when we are not aligned properly. If we are not aligned in the proper way, life does not work. Our worry and fear begin to destroy our relationships. We begin to lose trust of those around us. We do not feel or see to much "success" because all we can see is what we do not have or what may go wrong. Our alignment is all off and life becomes a frustrating, hopeless, angering task like that screw that will just not go in. When we are in alignment with God our thoughts go from:

"I cannot do anything right" to "When I make a "mistake" it is an opportunity to learn."

"No one will ever love me" to "I am a child of God loved by the Creator of the universe."

"I will never be able to....." to "God's spirit is within me and I have all I need to accomplish it."

We can clearly begin to see how our thoughts lead to being in or out of alignment with God and how each of these thoughts lead to actions that either move us forward or make things difficult.

So today when you notice what you are thinking ask yourself this question - "Is this a match or no match to being in alignment to God and what is true about me as a creation of the most high God? Is this thought in or out of alignment? If you can pratice this it will become quickly apparent if you are in alignment and give you clues to why life may not be working the way you like. Align yourself today and know exactly who you are and let your beliefs and convictions take over and rule fears and worries.

Namaste' (If you are curious about this word I have a post on it in the month of November)