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We cannot believe in our prayer to any great degree unless we
are confident in our ability to realize the results of our
prayer. In the writings of Ernest Holmes we find the term
"mental equivalent" which we must possess before we realize the
thing. We cannot demonstrate/manifest that which we cannot
embody; i.e. can we demonstrate being the CFO of a financial
institution without understanding the rules of accounting or the
regulations of the tax code? Of course not.
Effective prayer/spiritual treatment/meditation, is practical
not fantastical.
Every form of prayer begins first with "recognition" ... without
the recognition that there is a Higher Power, there would be no
impulse within us to pray. Yet, how we recognize this Higher
Power, G-d, is individual and personal to each of us. The way
in which G-d is defined has changed for most of us. Isaiah
revealed that G-d is Omnipresent ... everywhere present ... and
Omnipotent ... all power ... and Omniscient ... all knowing
[Intelligence]. The Master Mind Jesus revealed that we are a
part of G-d; part of this Power, Spirit and Intelligence. He
stated that not only were we One with G-d, but as we discover
this power, spirit and intelligence within us and "identify"
with It ... we can "use" this power, spirit and intelligence to
draw into our experience the abundant life. In our contemporary
language we call this using the Law of Attraction ... in the
ancient scriptures it is simply defined as "sowing and reaping"
... or "as" you believe, so it is done unto you. In other
words, we always experience how we see the world and our
relationship to it.
Can we say with absolute certainty, "I believe in my prayer and
the answer to it"? Are we "believing" and "receiving" or is our
"receiving" falling short of our "believing"? The mystical
Emma Curtis Hopkins, referred to as the "teacher of teachers"
taught that "persistence" is a spiritual principle and through
our persistence our prayers/meditations assume power. We
must be "conscious" of our persistence for if we fail to be
persistent then we may realize that what we were praying for we
not longer desire to the degree that we are willing to do the
work to achieve it. Then we must let it go and work for
the thing that we now desire with persistence.
How do we define this "Power Greater than we are" ... or this
"Higher Power" ... or simply the "Power" of G-d? We can't
"identify with" and "use" something that we can't define for
ourselves. Thinking about this word "Power" ... let us look at
the story of David and Goliath. If you are not familiar with
the story, Google it. In this story David was to go up against
Goliath who was a "giant of a man" ... far physically superior
to David. David did not look to G-d to make him physically
superior to Goliath, but instead looked to G-d for the right way
[Intelligence] to defeat Goliath with what he possessed. He
defeated Goliath, not with might, but with the conviction in his
mind that G-d was for him. This is "Power" but not always the
way in which we define Power in the world. To arrive at this
measure of conviction, we must "know" what we are "convinced"
of.
Keep the Faith!
Henry Lee Bates
(Reverend Dr.)
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