You’ve heard the jokes where a man was in the ocean and as he was wading in the water, he began to pray for God to save him. If not, here’s a little refresher.
A man attempting to reach over the side of a ship suddenly fell without anyone noticing, due to it being late at night. After about an hour, a boat came by him and the captain asked if the man wanted to come aboard. The man in the water said, “No thanks, I’ve prayed and I believe that God will save me.” So the captain of the boat hesitantly sailed on.
Again, a few hours later, a Cruiseliner is close by and the Captain of the ship asks the man in the water if he wanted to board the ship. Again, the man responds, “No thanks, I’ve prayed to God and believe he will save me.” This Captain again hesitantly sails on.
Finally, a helicopter is travelling the area and spots the man in the water. The Pilot asks the man in the water if he needs help and to board the helicopter. Again, the man in the water responds, “No thanks, I’ve prayed to God and believe he will save me.”
As we all know, the man dies in the water and finds himself in Heaven at the footrest of Gods throne. He cries to God, pleading, “Father, I prayed and believed you would save me, and here I am, after having died. Where were you Father, when I needed you most?”
God responds to the man, “Son, I heard your prayer and know you believed enough that I sent you a boat. You denied the help I sent, once. Again I heard the cries you sent and again I sent you a Cruise Liner and yet again, you denied the second time I sent you help. My son, you again prayed and your faith reached me, so I sent you a helicopter and you again denied the help I sent. I love you enough that even after you didn’t accept my love and help; here you stand in the Heaven I’ve created for all my children, for all eternity.”
Most often, people hear this parable and don’t fully realize the meaning. We hear every day that we should ask for that which we want. We have been told to also believe, that faith as little as a mustard seed can move mountains. These are all true, however, we need to be able to see that which we asked for and accept it when it happens. We need to be able to receive the blessings we’ve faithfully continued to believe we’d receive.
Learn to accept the blessings that come by us every day. Many times, we don’t realize how or when we’ve turned down a blessing.
How many times have you helped someone with something they needed and when they come back with something in return for the favor you gave, you graciously declined? Already, without realizing it, you’ve blatantly denied receiving the blessing due you. And yet, when things look grim, you wonder why it is you are without.
Again, think and notice the rough times you may have had in the past. Remember when you would complain to your friends, family members, and other loved ones about all the awful things happening to you all the time? Did you not notice how things compounded; suddenly bad things just wouldn’t stop happening, until you somehow found something to be joyous about?Little do we realize how we cause our feelings and inner most fears to become our realities.
Wherever your faith lies-the plain truth is that whatever you dwell on the most, whether it is more awful and sad times, or getting something you wanted in a job, for your home or for your family-that is what you receive.
Remember that phrase everyone seems to speak when things economically are on the decline?
“The Rich get richer while the Poor get poorer!”
You can’t believe how true that is. But do you realize why it’s true? It’s not because it-simply-is the way things are. No, that is not the definitive answer. The reality is that the rich continue to find wealth because they cause wealth to manifest and the poor continue to get even poorer because those living in that lifestyle ask, in their own hearts, for poverty to manifest in their lives.
How do poor people do this? I’m not saying poor people want to be poor, that isn’t how it happens. Those living in poverty remain in poverty because they dwell on that kind of lifestyle, each and every time they vocally, emotionally, and spiritually complain about it. They verbalize their own reality using phrases like the earlier mentioned.
In contrast, the greedy and wealthy dwell on making more of what they already have. They cause this to manifest in their lives. It’s not God pouring blessings on the rich and curses on the poor. It’s our own thoughts bringing whatever it is we desire into reality. It's that simple.
Sadly, this particular process affects every aspect of our lives. From those we love, lose, and how we perceive ourselves, as well as how others perceive us, to what we own and the wealth, or lack thereof, in our lives. The energy we create by thought becomes our reality.
Do yourself a favor and test this, truth, to prove it right or wrong. I can promise you, somehow you will realize the truth in this. Ironically, if you attempt to prove it false, you've already created that falsehood to manifest into your reality. But if you attempt to manifest the truth of it in your lives, you will already have begun a walk towards more blessings than you can handle.
A man attempting to reach over the side of a ship suddenly fell without anyone noticing, due to it being late at night. After about an hour, a boat came by him and the captain asked if the man wanted to come aboard. The man in the water said, “No thanks, I’ve prayed and I believe that God will save me.” So the captain of the boat hesitantly sailed on.
Again, a few hours later, a Cruiseliner is close by and the Captain of the ship asks the man in the water if he wanted to board the ship. Again, the man responds, “No thanks, I’ve prayed to God and believe he will save me.” This Captain again hesitantly sails on.
Finally, a helicopter is travelling the area and spots the man in the water. The Pilot asks the man in the water if he needs help and to board the helicopter. Again, the man in the water responds, “No thanks, I’ve prayed to God and believe he will save me.”
As we all know, the man dies in the water and finds himself in Heaven at the footrest of Gods throne. He cries to God, pleading, “Father, I prayed and believed you would save me, and here I am, after having died. Where were you Father, when I needed you most?”
God responds to the man, “Son, I heard your prayer and know you believed enough that I sent you a boat. You denied the help I sent, once. Again I heard the cries you sent and again I sent you a Cruise Liner and yet again, you denied the second time I sent you help. My son, you again prayed and your faith reached me, so I sent you a helicopter and you again denied the help I sent. I love you enough that even after you didn’t accept my love and help; here you stand in the Heaven I’ve created for all my children, for all eternity.”
Most often, people hear this parable and don’t fully realize the meaning. We hear every day that we should ask for that which we want. We have been told to also believe, that faith as little as a mustard seed can move mountains. These are all true, however, we need to be able to see that which we asked for and accept it when it happens. We need to be able to receive the blessings we’ve faithfully continued to believe we’d receive.
Learn to accept the blessings that come by us every day. Many times, we don’t realize how or when we’ve turned down a blessing.
How many times have you helped someone with something they needed and when they come back with something in return for the favor you gave, you graciously declined? Already, without realizing it, you’ve blatantly denied receiving the blessing due you. And yet, when things look grim, you wonder why it is you are without.
Again, think and notice the rough times you may have had in the past. Remember when you would complain to your friends, family members, and other loved ones about all the awful things happening to you all the time? Did you not notice how things compounded; suddenly bad things just wouldn’t stop happening, until you somehow found something to be joyous about?Little do we realize how we cause our feelings and inner most fears to become our realities.
Wherever your faith lies-the plain truth is that whatever you dwell on the most, whether it is more awful and sad times, or getting something you wanted in a job, for your home or for your family-that is what you receive.
Remember that phrase everyone seems to speak when things economically are on the decline?
“The Rich get richer while the Poor get poorer!”
You can’t believe how true that is. But do you realize why it’s true? It’s not because it-simply-is the way things are. No, that is not the definitive answer. The reality is that the rich continue to find wealth because they cause wealth to manifest and the poor continue to get even poorer because those living in that lifestyle ask, in their own hearts, for poverty to manifest in their lives.
How do poor people do this? I’m not saying poor people want to be poor, that isn’t how it happens. Those living in poverty remain in poverty because they dwell on that kind of lifestyle, each and every time they vocally, emotionally, and spiritually complain about it. They verbalize their own reality using phrases like the earlier mentioned.
In contrast, the greedy and wealthy dwell on making more of what they already have. They cause this to manifest in their lives. It’s not God pouring blessings on the rich and curses on the poor. It’s our own thoughts bringing whatever it is we desire into reality. It's that simple.
Sadly, this particular process affects every aspect of our lives. From those we love, lose, and how we perceive ourselves, as well as how others perceive us, to what we own and the wealth, or lack thereof, in our lives. The energy we create by thought becomes our reality.
Do yourself a favor and test this, truth, to prove it right or wrong. I can promise you, somehow you will realize the truth in this. Ironically, if you attempt to prove it false, you've already created that falsehood to manifest into your reality. But if you attempt to manifest the truth of it in your lives, you will already have begun a walk towards more blessings than you can handle.
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