Here’s something that I have discovered.
You have to impose your will on yourself and Universal Forces at times.
Not all of the time, because there is a such thing as God’s sovereign will. I know that we live in a culture that likes to believe that they can name it and claim it. While that is true in a lot of instances, it’s not true in all. Heck I prayed, believed, and declared that my mother would live through our last hospital scare. But she didn’t. She had pneumonia and it had gotten really bad. So bad until the doctors had to intubate her. That was beyond rough for me. The whole prayer thing didn’t seem to work then. I know that you can think of some situations in your life where it may have appeared that prayer didn’t work. I personally believe that situations like these are the reasons that church (religion) doesn’t appeal to so many. I believe the pain that comes with believing for the best, or should I say what we believe the best is, is the reason that we struggle with our prayer lives. We struggle with having the energy and courage to pray, because prayer feels like a game of craps.
I understand and I get it. I also understand and believe that we are not as smart as we think that we are. We really don’t know what’s best for ourselves. Because I believe that, I also believe that the main purpose of prayer is not get stuff, change an unwilling God’s mind, or to somehow manipulate the atmosphere to bend to our will. I believe that prayers main purpose is to change us. Think about it, God knows everything already. We’re dealing with divine consciousness here, not some family member. So if God already knows everything, telling Him about your situation is much like sending Him an email that He already knows is coming, He already knows the answer to. It’s pointless for God, but essential for us. We as humans (finite beings) are limited by time and other stuff. So we need to get our thoughts out into the atmosphere if you will. We also, need to position ourselves in postures to be able to hear and receive divine counsel (ideas, direction, etc). It’s hard for us to have anything get through to us while we’re up and going. It’s in those moments of silence, and contemplative stillness are we able to hear what the divine has to say. May I add that even in our silence we can still not hear properly. Our ego’s can sometimes get in the way.
How To Impose Your Will On The Universe?
You can’t really lol!!
I wrote it because it sounded cool.
Also, I wrote it because there’s a universe inside of each of us. There’s a world of living breathing thoughts. These are responsible for your current reality. So if there is anyone or thing that we are going to be imposing our will on, it’s ourselves.
“We must be convinced that abundance is the natural state of the universe. To experience and accept abundance in our life, we must be convinced that as we conceive and believe, the universe handles the details.” – Ernest Holmes
Life is meant to be lived. I’m really beginning to believe and feel that statement in more profound ways.
I currently work in the grocery business. I’ve become known as the ‘Cooler King’ in my company. The reason for that is because I have sold quiet a bit of coolers (the kind that you see while you’re waiting in line at the grocery store). Generally companies like Coke, Dr Pepper, and Pepsi get all of the action in the stores. I work for a smaller flavored water company, that’s not even distributed by any of the big distributors either. I’m telling you this because getting a store to allow you to place a cooler in their store is a big deal in this industry.
Well a few months back all was going well until I got a call from my merchandiser that one of my stores took our cooler out and placed it in the back of the store. This was horrible because it’s so hard to get these coolers into stores. My immediate thought was, what will I do with this cooler now!!
Something told me to keep the cooler on the truck until you’re able to place it in another store. That’s stupid!! These coolers are big and it would be in my way and there’s a strong chance that the cooler could be damaged.
I kept the cooler on the truck. I didn’t complain about having to pick it up either. I forced my mind to believe that we were going to get this sold to another store. Keeping the cooler on the truck was a way to force me to BELIEVE.
Guess what!! I picked that thing up Wednesday and got it placed in another store by Friday of the same week.
How Did I Manifest This?
I didn’t know what store would accept the cooler. Here’s the deal I had prospects that could possibly accept it, because I showed up everyday and did my job. I am always mentioning coolers to various accounts. Remember I’m the Cooler King. I’m the Cooler King because I always think, boy wouldn’t it be nice for this store to have a cooler. It’s always in the forefront of my mind. Also, I’m always in the field serving my accounts.
I could make a demand because I lived from a place of demand. I was not afraid to ask for what I wanted (You have not because you ask not – James 4:2). I was always out prospecting. Faith like this comes from work. The work aka the repetition of doing things in a certain way changes you.
I’m writing this because today I was told that another store wants me to remove a cooler. There’s nothing wrong, they just want to put something else in the spot that we’re in.
I’m going to pray for clear direction. Offer the cooler over and over to other accounts that I have a relationship with. Pick up the cooler at the right time, and hold it on the truck until it’s sold. I’m not upset. In fact I’m happy because I believe that it’s all apart of God’s plan. If He brought it to me, He brought a way to make it work out for my good with it. Amen
Here are some practical steps:
1) Pray regularly for divine alignment.
This will give you the courage to do what you wouldn’t ordinarily do.
2) Live from a place of reverential alertness and gratitude.
Basically, this means that you know that everything happens for a reason, and you just so happen to believe that the reason is working for your greatest good.
3) When you feel that nudge that tells you to believe even when it doesn’t make sense. Go all out and make that thing come true. Notice I said make, that means be prepared to put in some work. Here’s the caveat. You work from a place of expectancy, not worry.
4) Live Prayerfully so that when you’re out there working and your mind is tempted to doubt. You replace your doubts immediately with expectation. This is called active faith.
