Today is huge with blessings. I am leaning on the sustaining power of the Infinite. As the wise men beheld the star which took them to the Christ child, so the beams of Christ make plain the plan for salvation for each of us. We should no longer be content with doctrine. Truth is independent of doctrine and it knocks on the door of our souls with urgency. Can we let go of our ego, fears and ignorance and experiment with active faith in God? Do we ignor the knocking on the door of our soul?
Unfortunately active faith usually requires doing something that we have never done before. There is usually no one else but us to show us the way we are to take. The early American pioneers cut through trees, forged rivers and climbed mountains. Do we have that kind of active faith in God? Our active faith in God, the One Infinite, Limitless Power that we are all connected to and that everything is connected to, will lead the way. "The Lord shall reign forever." (Exodus 15:19, Psalm 146:10) Faith can be read about in books or taught from the pulpit in church, but until we actively apply faith daily in our own life we can never determine the usefulness of faith based ideas.
The Bible tells us stories of the many people Jesus Christ healed. It also tells us about the many people that Jesus didn't heal. If you look at who was healed and who wasn't, it shows that it didn't take any special intellectual powers to be healed. Jesus said, "as ye believe so shall it be done unto you." Those who didn't believe weren't healed. He also said the it was the Father within him who did the work and that we could do the things that he did and even greater things in his name. Can we heal the way Jesus did?
The healing Jesus did took people's bodies back to how God created them before the fall of man in the garden of Eden. God created us in his image and likeness, but when Eve ate of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, carnal man forgot who he was in God. We became forgetful of our true relationship to our Creator.
Our physical senses are wonderful, but they are carnal and limited. We cannot comprehend ourselves as the unlimited, infinite image and likeness of God by using our limited, carnal senses. We must comprehend God with the Spirit of God to be able to comprehend the wonderful creation God created as us. But it cannot be our carnal flesh comprehending, it must be the Father within us doing the work. How can we do this? By taking on the body, mind and spirit of Christ and then we can do the things that Jesus did and even greater things in his name.
The people Jesus healed were able to accept what Jesus told them, go unto the Father within themselves and comprehend their wholeness in God, through Christ. They were healed by the Spirit of God and not by sight. They walked by the Spirit of God and not by sight.
Healing can happen in an instant, or it may take some experimenting. Some times we need to strengthen our faith muscles through use much like we strengthen our body muscles through exercise. We need to exercise those faith muscles by using active faith on a daily basis. If we experiment with our faith muscles on a daily basis with small things, perhaps when big things come along our faith muscles will be toned and in shape. It's called leaning on God every day.
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