Good Morning Garden

An Understanding faith is the life prayer. It is a great mistake, however, to struggle to produce a lively faith within yourself. That can only end in failure. The thing to do is to act as though you had faith. Act out what you wish to demonstrate, and you will be expressing true faith. This is the right use of the will, scientifically understood.

…Verily I say unto you, if ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea, it shall be done (Matthew 21:21).

This statement of Jesus is perhaps the most tremendous spiritual pronouncement ever made. Jesus knew the law of faith and proved it many times. W e shall move mountains when we are willing to believe that we can, and then not only will mountains be moved, but the whole planet will be redeemed and re-formed according to the Pattern in the Mount.

This passage accurately describes a “leap of faith”. That is when you act as if that which you desire is true. It is not called a thought of faith or a wish of faith or even a desire of faith. True faith implies action. That is not to say that one would leap off a cliff with faith that God will reverse gravity. It is to say that we must take the actions dictated by our faith even when the universe doers not appear to allow it or likely to sustain it. It means doing (as in leaping) what is right and following God’s will regardless of the apparent outcome or consequences. When we act according to our faith and God’s will, the universe will yield to that act and produce the result God intended for us that would not have happened without the leap of faith. This was true in Jesus’ acceptance of his sacrifice, and it is true of each decision we make to accept and follow God’s will. There is no path to our true destiny but that one which follows God’s will as revealed through prayer and faith.

Z gardener