Ever notice how things always seem to work out for Good at the last possible minute?  A story you hear of a tormented family whose father finds a purpose right before he hits rock bottom.   An epiphany that makes itself known to you for a problem you face that appears in a Google search at the exact time you most need it.  A political election result in a world government that interests you that seems to defy the laws of statistics on how perfectly close to a 50/50 contest it always seems to reproduce.  I propose to you to consider that these are not just coincidences but enticements designed for you to notice, and then submit to, God's plan at work.  In other words, the most natural and perfect state of the conscious Universe and should be no surprise.

I bet you've noticed and possibly not understood, that many Christians seemed to have some sort of superpower against demotivation.   You tell one about all the bad omens you see happening in the world around you, which a lot them to shrug off or try to convince you you're wrong.   Because you are driven by ego, you presume theirs to be malfunctioning and stupid.  They believe the war against Good and Evil was already won by us by Jesus 2000 years ago, and live their life accordingly.  In their language, they deliver their concerns and worries to Jesus and the Father in prayer, and then trust in God and go about their lives in the way Jesus has told them to.  That is, eat, drink, be merry, and obey His commandments.  This is also known as surrendering your will, sacrificing your ego, or just basically having Faith.

I suggest allowing yourself to revisit the phrase I know you all have heard.  Corgito, ergo sum.  Its the statement, "I think, therefore I am" from the French philosopher Rene Descartes in books crediting to the launching of the Age of Enlightenment.  Heathens really adore this age of man, as science and technology really took off which has served to continue to inflate our collective ego centuries later.  This age tempts all of us into a version of Pride that is oh so similar to the lightning bolt that cast Satan out of Heaven.  Confirmation of man's righteous dominion over the world to the point where we start to entertain the thought that we don't need Him and just can rely on ourselves for eternity.

Instead of holding Descarte's statement as some supremely insightful and deep truth of the universe, I'd like to pose an alternative interpretation.   I think this was the moment our ego's decided to assume for itself dominion over our souls.   The ego was never designed to stake this claim over our identities.  I liken it no more significant that a child boy discovering his penis for the first time and then having so much fun with it, that he chooses to let it have mastery over his will.  We know deep down what happens if this path is pursued for too long, as I believe we also know deep down what happens if we presume our ego's our entitled to drive us.

A modern philosopher I admire, Alan Watts, once spoke of the ego as nothing but a very advanced radar and prediction engine of the world as our bodies follow a path marked through a lifetime.  Basically, it's just a little trick our brains can do for us to help protect the flesh.  It's really no wonder we hold our brains in such high regard even to the point we presume that the most important organ we have exists in our skulls, the location the ego feels most vulnerable.  Our ego's, with the world's master's help, have tricked us to label the part of us we label as "ourselves" as 100% residing there only.  Allow yourself to consider you are more than just the thinker.  You may find yourself going down a rabbit hole that leads you to the ancient forms of common sense we know as a relationship with Jesus and His Father.