Step 3 (Continued)
 
J: We cannot do anything about self-will. Only God can control self-will. As
we make a decision to turn our will over to the care of God, God's will
coming into our lives will actually block out part of our will. This is simple. One will occupy the
other. (p. 62, par. 4) 'This is the how and why of it. First of all, we
had to quit playing God.'
And only we can make this decision. God's not going to come down and take
something that he has given to us. Right? Only we can make this decision
to give this back to God.
C: I like this statement: 'we had to quit playing God. '( p. 62, par.
4)
J: That's right. Playing God
C: You know, this is a God directed world. Yet, we self-directed people,
we were under the impression that we controlled the situation. We not only
directed our own lives we directed the lives of all those around us. We
directed the lives of our wives, our spouses. We directed the lives of our children. We tried to direct the
lives of the people we worked with.
Now, God directs the world, and when we're trying to direct it we're just
playing God. We're really not God. And the statement said, 'we had to quit
playing God. It did not work. '( p. 62, par. 4)
J: (p. 62, par. 4) 'Next,
we decided that hereafter in the drama of life'
And this is our decision. We decide now. (p. 62, par. 4) '... God was
going to be our Director.' He's got Him back in there. Already.
C: Two pages later he put Director right back in there. (laughter)
J: (p. 62, par. 4) 'He is the Principal'
From now on. (p. 62, par. 4) '... we are His agents. He is the Father, and
we are His children. Most good ideas are simple, and this concept was the
keystone of the new and triumphant arch through which we passed to
freedom.'
Again we see how Bill is beautifully painting these pictures in our minds,
of the spiritual experience, the structure that we're going to build.
Remember he said willingness was the foundation of this structure. (p. 12, par. 5)
He said Step Two was the
cornerstone of this structure. (p. 47, par. 2) Now he says, Step Three
is'... the keystone of the new and triumphant arch though which we passed
to freedom.'( p. 62, par. 4)
Now he's building--so now we see that this is going to be an arch we're
building. The foundation is willingness, the cornerstone is laid, as they
stack these stones up in the archway... as they built these archways they
would stack these stones, and the very stone in the middle, the last atone
to go in was the keystone. The other stones leaned against the key stone,
the keystone supported the gate.
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