SABBATH_COMPLETION
The Analogy of the Motion Picture
Life is like a motion picture where the ending is already known. By going to the 'end' of your desire (feeling its fulfillment), you gain confidence that…
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Your Faith Is Your Fortune
Here is an analogy that might help you to see this mystery. Suppose you entered a motion-picture theatre just as the feature picture came to its end. All that you saw of the picture was the happy ending. Because you wanted to see the entire story you waited for it to unfold again. With the anti-climactic sequence the hero is displayed as accused, surrounded by false evidence, and all that goes to wring tears from the audience. But you secure in the knowledge of the ending remain calm with the understanding that, regardless of the seeming direction of the picture, the end has already been defined. In like manner go to the end of that which you seek; witness the happy end of it by consciously feeling you express and possess that which you desire to express and possess; and you, through faith, already understanding the end, will have confidence born of this knowledge. This knowledge will sustain you through the necessary interval of time that it takes the picture to unfold. Ask no help of man; feel, "It is done," by consciously claiming yourself to be, now, that which as man you hope to be.
Life is like a motion picture where the ending is already known. By going to the 'end' of your desire (feeling its fulfillment), you gain confidence that sustains you through the unfolding 'interval of time,' regardless of current appearances. This is achieved by consciously claiming 'It is done.'