An Indispensable Energy

A person of destiny must trust in the flow of life. For some (I imagine for everyone at times) this is just too darn scary. Risk is called risk because it's risky. My tendency is to think I have to be doing something. I have a hard time sitting back and letting things take care of themselves. The trouble is, sometimes things need to take care of themselves. Sometimes things are supposed to be left alone for a while, so they can evolve. At those times, any effort from me is actually a hinderance. 

Jesus trusted in the flow of his life. He was always balancing the active and the passive. He says things like “My time has not yet come,” and “You have no power over me accept what has been given to you by the Father,” and “Let this cup pass from me, but may your will, not mine, be done.” These are not the words of a control freak. These are the words of someone who trusts that he has done all he can, and now the raw dynamic of his life's destiny must carry. 

The danger here is to confuse well-timed passivity with quitting or giving up. Sometimes passivity is incredibly productive and necessary. Sometimes activity is self-defeating. The trick is to know when to act and when to wait. Sometimes you have no choice, and action rests in making the waiting bearable. Knowing the difference is a matter of following your heart, and fine-tuning your awareness of what your heart is telling you. I think it's safe to say that Jesus never ignored his heart.

Doing all there is to do, then waiting is the formula for success. Resisting the temptation to act at the wrong time can be hard. But a person of destiny has the advantage of commitment; having committed in advance to the achievement of a great thing that he was willing to die for, Jesus didn't turn back even when it got really rough. In those moments where passivity was the right thing, and the result of that passivity was captivity, torture and death, that awareness of purpose must surely have helped keep him going. It provides an indispensable energy.

Trust is difficult. Otherwise we wouldn't call it trust. But mixed with vision, action, instinct and patience, trust enables us to plug into the flow of the universe, to unlock and loose into our lives the very force that created life itself. It enables us to manifest that energy, in our own small way, to add to the tapestry.

It's called co-creation.

Ever forward.  

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