Good Morning Garden

In the gold rush days, prospectors went out in the mountains in search of the yellow metal. Often the task was long and arduous with little to show for days of struggle and privation. But when a find was made, the prospector would stake his claim so that others would know that that particular discovery belonged to him. Of course, some claims turned out to be shallow veins of ore and worth little, while other claims eventually made their owners fabulously wealthy.

In metaphysics, we often speak of claiming our good, and it is one of the surest ways of bringing the good we desire into our lives. If we want health, then we have to claim every day that divine Life brings well-being to every part of our body. If we want prosperity, then we claim every day that God is the giver of every good gift, ready to supply our every need.

Whatever it is we wish to bring into our life, we stake our claim to it.

Of course, we often claim negative things for ourselves without fully realizing it. Every time we say, “My cold,” “My headache,” “My indigestion,” we are claiming those things for ourselves. What one claims for himself he will eventually bring into his life.

Affirm your divine kinship. All that the Father hath is ours – if we will stake our claim to it.

…It is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom (Luke 12:32).

It is neither boastful nor proud to claim God’s love and the kingdom we are promised. It does require that we believe in God’s promise and that we act as if we believe it. Even when the day is dark and when our strength and spirits are down, if we put our faith to work in practice each day, then we can expect and claim all God’s goodness in our lives.

Staking the claim on joy,
Z gardener

Author’s note: This week the author and his son will be staking our claim to joy in God’s garden as we hike the Appalachian Trail. You will be in our prayers each day until we resume the Good Morning Garden next Monday. Please keep us in your prayers until then.

Peace,
Z