Walking on Water

There are many people who scoff outright at the implications of The Law of Attraction as stated in The Secret or The Science of Getting Rich. To them I say, you get what you believe you deserve, no matter what.

Most who scoff at the Law of Attraction start off with disbelief in anything that does not require them to suffer for the prize they get. To them there is no real joy in life, except for the fleeting moments after we win a prize, but then someone tries to snatch it and the struggle begins anew.

Why is it not believable that if we change the way we think, not just short-term but long-term, that it will not only change the things we see, but will change the things that come our way? Perhaps the way Rhonda portrays it in the book and the movie make it seem a little fanciful for the average pragmatist, but in my opinion, it doesn't take much to see through to the meat of it.

The Secret, and The Science of Getting Rich are books about long-term committed change in our thought patterns, not about short bursts of positive thoughts in a sea of crappy attitude. It is impossible to see the truth about the Law of Attraction without putting it to a real test. By "real test" I merely mean that we have to do more than follow the daily routine of chanting certain positive phrases, or paste a few pictures on our mirror or on a cardboard poster.

It took me a few weeks of catching myself about to engage in the same old negative self-talk that has kept me behind, and start to replace it with a positive image of having accomplished the thing I once thought was impossible. I have begun to see this everywhere I look. A recent example in the scriptures in Matthew 14:22-33 when Peter asked the Lord to bid him come walk on the water with him, he did, and for a few moments, Peter had the faith it took to walk on water. There is no indication in the scriptures that Jesus sustained him on the water while he walked successfully, but there is plenty in other verses that indicate that it was usually the faith of the individual that caused the miracle, not merely an act of Jesus, but the faith of the person being healed, or in this case, walking on water. It was only when Peter looked around and lost the vision in his own mind that he could do it, and replaced it instead with fear again of the waves, that he began to sink and had to be lifted up, after which the Lord again remarked about the lack of faith being the thing that held so many back.

Faith is no simple matter and can only be obtained in a moment, if the proper path is followed and the proper image realized.