What holiness is yours, you who have the power to bring peace to every mind! What blessing is yours, you who can learn to recognize the means by which this can be accomplished through you! What purpose could you have that would bring you greater happiness?
You are indeed the light of the world with such a function. The Son of God looks to you for his redemption. It is yours to give him, for it belongs to you. Accept no trivial purpose or meaningless desire in its place, or you will forget your function and leave the Son of God in hell. This is no idle request that is being asked of you. You are asked to accept salvation that it may be yours to give.
Recognizing the importance of this function, we will be happy to remember it very often today. We will begin the day by acknowledging it, and close the day with the thought of it in our awareness. And throughout the day, we will repeat this as often as we can:
The light of the world brings peace to every mind through my forgiveness.
I am the means God has appointed for the salvation of the world.
You will probably find it easier to let the related thoughts come to you in the minute or two which you should devote to considering this if you can close your eyes. Do not, however, wait for such an opportunity. No chance should be lost for reinforcing today's idea.
Remember that God's Son looks to you for his salvation. And who but your Self must be His Son?
✨ Summary & practice
Have you measured the power of your forgiveness? This lesson reveals that through your forgiveness, the light of the world brings peace to every mind without exception. The entire Son of God turns to you for redemption, and you can give it because it is already within you. This is an immense responsibility, but also immeasurable joy. To accept this function is to accept the deepest happiness.
The idea is disarmingly simple: you are the means appointed by God for the salvation of the world. Not because you are special in the ego’s sense, but because you are the Son of God. Do not accept a trivial purpose in place of this function. When you choose petty desires, you forget your function and leave the Son of God in hell. What is asked of you is to accept salvation so that you may give it.
Lessons 61 and 62 prepared for this revelation. First, you are the light (61). Second, forgiveness is your function (62). Now, you discover the cosmic impact of this function: peace reaches every mind through your forgiveness. Lessons 64 and 65 will reinforce the importance of not forgetting this function and recognizing it is the only one God has given you. This is a crescendo toward the great revelation of lesson 66: your happiness and your function are one.
Today, begin and end your day by saying: "The light of the world brings peace to every mind through my forgiveness. I am the means appointed by God for the salvation of the world." Between each activity, pause for one minute to visualize peace flowing from you to all you meet, on the street, in your thoughts, across the entire world.
Know that you are never alone in this function. God Himself has chosen you to be the bearer of His peace.
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