HOW TO OVERCOME TEMPTATIONS - 13

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HOW TO OVERCOME TEMPTATIONS - 13

Practical suggestion number thirteen:

In our language "thirteen" is "tera". And "tera" is also means "thine". Say to

God: "O Lord, I am Thine, completely Thine, utterly Thine! O Lord, I come to

thee, as I am. I come to Thee with all my faults and failings, weaknesses and

imperfections. Thou wilt mend my broken life. Thou wilt make me new! I cannot

do it by myself. I have tried to straighten my life. I have tried to renounce

evil ways, I have tried hard, and failed. Now I come to Thee as I am. Lead me

to the Other Shore! I hand myself over to Thee, knowing that by myself I can do

nothing. I am nothing. Thou art the All. Thou alone canst deliver! Thou alone

canst save! I place my trust in Thee!"

He who hands himself over to God, temptations can have no power over him.

I read concerning a man in America. He was driving his Ford car, when suddenly,

something went wrong. He got out and looked at the engine, but could detect no

fault. Helplessly, he stood there, when from a distance he saw another car

approaching: he waved to it for help. It was a brand new Ford car. Out of it

stepped a tall, friendly man who asked: "Well, what’s the trouble?"

"The engine suddenly stopped" was the reply. "And it will not start again."

The stranger made a few adjustments under the bonnet, then said: "Now start the car!"

When the motor started, its grateful owner introduced himself and asked: "What is your name, sir?"

"My name," answered the stranger, "is Henry Ford."

The man who made the Ford car knew how to make it run. God has made us and He

alone knows how to run our lives. All we are required to do is to completely

surrender ourselves to Him, call Him by what name we will, Krishna, Rama,

Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad, Mahavira, Nanak, Zarathustra, Buha’u’alla. Call Him by

what name we will, without Him we can make a complete wreck of our lives. When

we surrender ourselves to Him, all goes well. When we cut ourselves off from

Him, we can do nothing. Therefore, say to Him, again and again and still again:

"O Lord! I come to Thee as I am. Take me to the Other Shore!"

To have the true joy of life, you must be in continuous contact with the source

of joy, with God who is the Spirit of Ananda; unbroken bliss. Once you have

contacted God, nothing, no one will be able to take away your joy from you. It

may appear as though you are living a life of poverty and destitution, your

spirits will keep soaring the skies.

There was a poor man. His clothes were soiled and torn. His feet were covered

with mud. Yet there was a beautiful smile on his lips and a spring in his steps

as he walked. Someone said to him: "Good Morning!"

"I have never had a bad morning" answered the poor man.

"That sounds strange" said the man to him. "I pray that you may always be so fortunate."

Quickly answered the poor man: "I have never been unfortunate."

"May you always be happy", said the man to him.

"I have never been unhappy", answered the poor man.

"I do not understand", said the man. "Will you kindly explain the paradox?"

"I have never had a bad morning," said the poor man. "For every morning, I

praise the Lord. The day may be bright or dull, the weather may be pleasant or

otherwise, I am still thankful to God. You wished that I might be always

fortunate, but I cannot be unfortunate for I rejoice in everything that the

will of God brings to me. I believe that whatever God sends me is good! You

wished me happiness, but I cannot be unhappy so long as I rejoice in the will

of God, and as long as his peace rules in my heart."

Yes, praise the Lord in everything that happens, and you will be amongst the

happiest of men on earth. You will have the true joy of life and you will keep

radiating it wherever you go!

(Concluded: Author: Sri. J.P. Vaswani)

Tamaso Ma Jyotirgamaya.......

Three things in human life are the most important. The first is to give. The

second is to give and never keep an account of what you have given. The third

is to give and to forget that you ever gave!

Pursuit of wealth is like drinking sea water to slake one’s thirst. The more of

sea water you drink, the more your thirst increases, until one day, your

stomach bursts.

There is no fire like greed.

 

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