The Magic of Believing

The Magic of Believing

Claude M Bristol says in The Magic of Believing that “it cannot be too strongly emphasised that you should not give anyone an inkling of your plans or desires. To do so may end disastrously for you.” Because the negative vibrations that other people might send you are very powerful and can deter your plans and desires. This is perhaps why Jesus instructs the healed person to “tell no man”.

It’s A Two-way Flow

Faith is so powerful that it can draw onto the faithful the power of the Divine. When a woman touched the robe of Jesus, she was cured and Jesus asked, “Who touched me for I could feel virtue flowing out of me?” Now the word ‘virtue’ is not the best translation of the original Greek word dynamis which means power or strength. Incidentally, all verses that talk of Jesus’ ‘mighty works’ are translations of the same Greek word ‘dynamis’. This word is used throughout the New Testament. So there is a kind of power that flows into the faithful that attracts the flow of healing power; this power is the originator of the mighty works of Jesus Christ that the Bible describes.

Only Faith Not Enough

It seems it is the faith or trust a person has in something that causes the manifestation of that thing. The same principle can be applied to anything one wants in life — success, good relationships or money; one has to believe they will receive, ask (pray) for it and then do (work).

The woman believed that Christ would cure her, but she also acted by touching his robe. The centurion had faith in Jesus, but acted by asking Jesus to heal him. There must be some kind of action or request (prayer) on the part of the receiver.

“Ask and it shall be given, seek and you shall find.” God can give you talent, but you have to do the work. James 2:26 says: “For as the body without spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also”. So while we need to have faith in God, we need to act as well, for without action on our part, faith by itself is of no use.

Om Namah Shivay.