friends there is a power in the universe greater than you are this thing called
life is a living presence around and within you and since it is around and
within you you do not have to go anywhere to find it this is what the
Bible means when it says be still and know that I am God
in our discussion today we are going to talk about this power and how you can
use it in the miracle of your everyday life jet planes flying faster than the
speed of sound television nylon yawn and a thousand other modern inventions make
us realize that this is really an age of miracles it was 2,000 years ago that
Jesus told his followers about a power that is available to everyone a power to
which all things are possible and he laid an explicit rule for the use of
this power the thing that made Jesus different from others was his simple
acceptance that there is a power of good available to you right where you are and
to everyone it was his use of this power that amazed those around him it was the
simplicity of his claim that made it hard to understand and when he said it
is done unto you as you believe it seemed as though he must have been
talking about some distant future not something that is true every moment of
your life jesus said that the kingdom of God is at hand he said this kingdom
contains everything necessary to your well-being that this thing all life
waits for you to recognize his presence and use its power Jesus placed salvation
where it can be reached tended him to here and now his whole
teaching was an affirmation of the availability of divine power a power of
good which you can use now this is exactly what everyone needs for you and
I know that we did not create the laws of nature we did not set the stars in
their course or cause the Sun to shine or the earth to revolve on its axis
suppose then we start with this simple opposition we are surrounded by a being
mentality that acts on our part just as gravitational force acts on physical
objects this is the key to the situation and it is the key to answered prayer and
it is a golden key because it can unlock the doorway of opportunity to you it can
bring something new something different and wonderful into your experience
we must accustom our minds to the thought that there are mental and
spiritual laws and that they act just like other laws of nature of course no
one has ever seen but did you ever see the principle of mathematics did anyone
ever see life itself science doesn't claim to see the laws of nature it
merely says we have discovered that these laws exist and through experiment
we have found out how they were science says we know these laws exist because we
can use them don't be concerned then if someone asks why the board prefixes or
what it looks like for no one would ever ask this question about any other
natural law they would merely say it exists and why not use it now Jesus
proclaimed the law good that is available to everyone
he said this floor responds to your faith and in saying it is done unto you
as you believe he presented you with the key to the situation it is done unto you
you don't have to do it yourself this at once relieves you of the responsibility
of compelling the laws of nature to work it is not only done unto you it is done
unto you as you believe let us emphasize this little word as it
is done unto you in the way you believe this is the central meaning of the whole
sentence and no doubt this is the part we have all overlooked
every law in nature delivers its power to us in accord with the way we use it
there is a power greater than you are and you can use it this power reacts to
your belief in it but Jesus added another thought to this when he said you
ask and receive not because you ask amiss let us see if this is a
contradiction of his first state a little thought will show that it is not
Jesus was merely stating a self-evident truth the power of God is good it cannot
produce evil it is love it cannot create 8 it is peace it cannot enter into
confusion therefore jesus said the file areas of power greater than you are that
reacts to your belief be certain that your belief is in accord with its nature
you see it isn't really your thought of itself that has the power for your part
of itself possesses no power whatsoever it uses a power greater than you are and
this power is always a power of good when you use this power for good there
it delivers itself to you its whole creativity is there at your disposal no
Jesus was not inconsistent he was always my turtle as well as inspired in
only said the law good is at em he used it and he told us how to use it the
kingdom of God is love it is peace joy it is happen as it is fatherhood and
Brotherhood and there is no real restriction in the use of this power
greater than you are that is when you use it for good and now let us see just
how we ought to use this law and again we are confronted by the simplicity and
the directness of the wisest man who ever there but jesus said that there is
a certain way of thinking certain kind of Duty that unlocks the storehouse of
God to us and he called this way of thinking faith he called it acceptance
he referred to it as a childlike attitude toward God
a simple trust in this thing all by a complete real life from this power
greater than you are you see Jesus was talking about your own
mind your way of thinking and in his parable of wise and the foolish virgins
he showed that everyone has oil for their own land you need not borrow from
another just as divine providence deposited oil in the ground or I use
when we should need it so the same divine providence has deposited the
wealth of God's love in life at the center of your being
but Jesus said you must keep your lamp trimmed and burning you must let the
width of your faith run deep in the oil of spirit then your life will shine last
we are getting the proposition where we can handle it we are like people who
have owned land in which great wealth is deposited but who are ignorant of the
fact we have been prospecting beyond our own poverty thinking we could borrow
light from others not realizing that this thing called life has already
buried its riches in our own chakra and this part of ground is in our own
thinking in our own convictions about life in our faith in this thing called
life and in a power greater than we are but it isn't enough to know that the
treasure is buried can our Father Brown we have to get out and dig for it
perhaps this is where we all doubt it costs a lot of money to take an oil well
and it takes a vast amount of technical skill and know-how and it takes a lot of
work but if we know the oil is there we will find some way to reach it now life
has deposited the riches of the universe at the very center of your BA but it has
to be brought to the surface and the SHA is in your own mind the instruments and
equipment our thoughts and the power is faith these two you possess so you
better set up your rake and start drilling sometimes you may encounter a
granite bit or some soft earth and we can compare these to fear doubt and
uncertainty to the stubborn resistance of our own mind in accepting the simple
proof that Jesus of capilla laid out the sharp instrument of faith can penetrate
the most solid obstruction Bora old spray Troy and reveal the treasure
didn't therefore embassy kids this is why Jesus said that we should pray
without ceasing you see Jesus knew that the oil was
there and he knew how to hide and he found he made the great discovery for us
and instead of proclaiming look at my well as though we must borrow from him
he said keep your own light trimmed and burning the wellspring of your life runs
as deep as full and as free as my Jesus was the great Explorer a great way sha
having discovered God that the center of his own day he proclaimed the good news
that the kingdom is at hand - every one - every a to all people and
forever so then set up your rig and begin to drill if the machinery get
squeaky at times lubricated lubricated with the oil oh and if some of its parts
break down know that there is a divine mechanic within you they can repair just
keep on drilling persevering in faith never take no for an answer never become
discouraged the oil is there you and I didn't put it there it was put there by
a power greater than we are in actual practice this means that you must
control your thinking remind yourself daily and hourly that since life is for
you nothing can be against you you really can control your thinking you
know and no one can do this for you but yourself take time each day to think
about the bigness of pain to peel out the divine presence in everything and
who sense the fundamental albany that exists at the center of everything
don't leave this proposition up in the air and say when I have time I am going
to do this that will never come any day when you have more time than you have
right now today that within you which denies the good you so sincerely desire
is your own aw when your mind says this is too good to be true or I can't
understand it or I have to wait to accumulate a vast wisdom remember the
thing that is talking to you it is your own mind it isn't some outside power of
force that is operating against you it is your own consciously gently and
easily redirect these thoughts rearrange them so that for every no that will be a
yes for every negative there will be a positive for every deny there will be an
affirmation have a good-natured flexibility with yourself calm
determination to think straight no matter what you are not concentrating
any awesome energy you are merely coming into an agreement with a power that
already exists our that is right where you are and the power that you can use
there is no thought in your mind that you cannot change if you wish and back
of it all is your deep conviction that this thing called life will only what is
good you cannot fail because it cannot be