The Lord says, “When you search for me, you will find me, if you seek me with all your heart.”

Jeremiah 29:13

Notes for Contemplation as You Use this Devotional:

• This passage in the Book of Jeremiah, from the section often titled, “Jeremiah’s Letter to the Exiles,” assures the exiled Israelites of God’s favor in their lives, now and in the future.
• Jeremiah the prophet teaches that God is always present, always with and within each person. Yet, unless you seek God’s presence within yourself first, you’ll be forever searching, exiled from your true nature and divine soul power.
• Whenever prophets appear in sacred texts, you’re invited to transform your thinking and behavior. As God’s messengers, prophets offer alternate perspectives on life, revealing paths of new adventure and opportunity you may have overlooked before.
• Longtime Unity minister, teacher, and writer, Rev. Ernest C. Wilson explains in his 1963 book, Soul Power: “Everyone has soul power. Everyone employs it, often without knowing it. [And] there is something that the soul of you wants you to do—wants you to do so much that no effort seems too much.”  But to use your soul power in practical ways, “you cannot storm the gates of heaven.  You cannot force results.  You can invite them.”
• To invite means to welcome, request, and encourage. Invitations always include an element of trust, like opening a door, even when uncertainty may lay on the other side.
• Your soul speaks to you through your intuition, the still, small voice of God, within you. It invites and guides you to embrace your soul power fully by tuning into your own heart and seeking God’s essence within yourself first.
• Demonstration is your evidence of how well your life works. When you choose to invite your results, you trust in the best outcome, even when you don’t have all the details.You listen to the words you speak and the thoughts you think to understand your heart.  But if, for example, you constantly check Tik-Tok to see what others are doing, or continually analyze what could go wrong with your approach, then you deny your own soul power.

Contemplation Questions:

Ask yourself:

• What results am I forcing and/or seeking outside of myself?
  • List, word map, or illustrate whatever the results are.

• What results am I allowing and/or noticing within myself?
  • List, word map, or illustrate whatever the results are.

• What are at least three (3) ways I can calmly invite my results?
  • List, word map, or illustrate as much as you imagine.

As you use this devotional, remember that God can only do for you what God can do through you.  Your soul power and soul purpose aren’t the same as anyone else’s because you are one of God’s divine beloveds, unique in all the world.  So, be at peace—open and receptive—as you extend your invitation.  Know that no quick fix or magic trick will hurry the process.  Observe and listen, as your intuition guides you.  Then discern the best action and trust divine outcome.

© 2024 – Rev. Jennifer L. Sacks – All rights reserved.

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