Is there some special magic taking place when it comes to your beliefs and what transpires in your reality…?
I read an interesting article yesterday, (and actually woke up this morning thinking about it). So, I’ll take that as a sign I should share it with you. The article was from a Church Pastor, and was called, Becoming What You Believe.
In the article, the pastor quotes several verses from the Christian Bible, specifically Matthew Ch 9.
Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge (hem) of his cloak. She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.” Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed from that moment.
As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!” When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” “Yes, Lord,” they replied. Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you”; and their sight was restored.
What I find interesting in these two verses, is the importance of belief. One example is without question, and the other example – the question had to be asked.
In the first verse, the woman knows, absolutely believes, that all she has to do is touch his cloak, and she will be healed. And she was.
And in the second verse, Jesus asks the two blind men, to make sure they believe, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”. The blind men respond YES of course, and are then healed, followed by the words “According to your faith, will it be done”.
To put it another way, According To Your BELIEF, You Will Be Healed. Or maybe you could also say it like this, You Will Become Whatever You Believe.
The interesting point here to ponder, and this may be somewhat of a sticky question, but WHO HAS THE POWER HERE? We are taught that Jesus healed them. But without their belief, he could not. Why do I make that statement? Remember, Jesus could not perform miracles in his hometown, because to the people he grew up with, he was just another carpenter kid. No one believed he was anything special. Miracles? Him? That’s just crazy? They didn’t believe.
Doesn’t it sound like WE are the ones with the Power?
Let’s look at it another way. In the examples, these people are sick and go to Jesus for healing. When we are sick, we go to a doctor for healing. They believed Jesus would heal them. We believe our doctors will heal us. Jesus touches them and they are healed. Our doctors give us a pill and we are healed, even if the pill is a sugar pill, or placebo.
“According to your belief, you will be healed”.
Did you read the report where a national survey finds that half of all US doctors routinely prescribe placebos for medical conditions to make patients feel better?
Sherman and Hickner conducted a survey of 466 physicians from Internal Medicine departments of three Chicago area medical schools and they got response from about 50 percent of the doctors. They found 45 percent respondents routinely used placebos in clinical practice.
So, it’s not always the pill that heals. It is OUR BELIEF that heals. And – not to try and take any power away from The Big Man himself, but I seriously think that was what Jesus was trying to teach us to begin with.
We are the ones with the power. We can heal ourselves. It just takes pure 100% belief.
And once we learn to use that power, to heal ourselves, to heal our bodies. Then what else can we do? What else can we Become, if we Only Believe? Maybe the men in the photo could give us a hint. Maybe – Anything we dream of?
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