Everything is possible for him who believes. (Mark 9:23)
As you reflect today, ask yourself what you believe. If we walk a spiritual path, this indicates that we hold a number of core beliefs—essentials for the kind of life we want to lead. Try to think about those things which make up your set of core beliefs.
Did you find it difficult to determine what you believe? Our language does a good job of allowing us to communicate for the most part. However, when it comes to things of the spirit, our language does not serve us well. We know what we believe, but it can be quite hard to put those things into words.
For many of us, our intrinsic beliefs probably look a little like some of the Ten Commandments. We believe that we should love God and one another. We believe that we should worship only our God. We should honor our parents, not kill others, respect others’ property, not steal, and not lie. Most of our beliefs, however, have some qualifications attached.
We can kill others if we are defending ourselves and those we love, for example. Probably most of us believe adultery is wrong, but it happens so frequently, some may wonder if we do believe it. Many of us have been guilty of worshiping graven images like money, or automobiles, or mansions. Because we are human, we slip easily into behaviors that are contrary to what we honestly believe. Sometimes our definitions are at fault. Keeping the Sabbath Day holy depends on one’s definition of what is holy.
Today, examine your beliefs and whether or not you still believe those things. We need to know what we believe and who we are before we decide whether or not to make changes.
Taken from “Talks with our Creator” for June 5th
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