Have you ever given thought to the words faith, belief, and knowing? For instance you cannot have light without darkness, just as with faith without doubt. Doubt and faith go hand in hand but there are other words that are like brick walls. Words like belive have finality. You either belive or you don’t. You either know or your don’t. Having faith is the place we need to start, but then we need to grow and simply KNOW. I came to this conclusion after reading a book by Robert Schuller during a particular difficult time in my life. I was desparate and searching for answers and had no idea where they might come from.( Here is why I was searching for answers,” During the time that Callie had cancer and my virus was in full attack our medical bills were sky high. Oh, we had the best insurance money could buy but even the best insurance has you pay a co-pay. We received word that our doctor’s each wanted to put us on treatments that were extremely expensive. After finding that our co-pay would stretch our budget to the breaking point. I took Schullers advice from the book I had been reading.” ) Here is the method of problem solving Schuller recommend and it worked. Give it a try.
Here is the advice as I found it. Step one pray about your problem. Step two put a piece of paper and a pen in your pocket. When you feel inspiration no matter how odd or obsure write it down. It may be the answer to your prayer. After your first ten ideas stop and begin to follow thru with the basic work on some of those intuitive ideas. See if they begin to work for you. For some reason I did not have faith that this was going to work I KNEW this was going to work because I KNEW God was going to give me an answer to this problem.Maybe at that time in my life I had to KNOW or I would have gone crazy. I went straight down the list giving each idea all I could to make it work. Idea number eight was the answer. God had given us a way to get our treatments and not break the bank. That is when I realized that by following something as simple as an idea list I had stumble upon a universal truth of God’s the sheer act of KNOWING brings about the answers. I learned I must come to a system of belief that is Knowing. I have used this method of problem solving several times. God has never failed to give me an answer. Remember that I plainly put in this text that I had to do my part and put effort toward each idea, then God would do the rest. We all have to do our part! We cannot just lay back and expect everything just to come to us.
The Schuller Method for helping to solve problems also applies to helping us work toward our dreams. God wants us to have a wonderful life. All of us have heard this time and time again especially from people who are asking you to give them money so that God may bless you! Money has nothing to do with KNOWING God and that God wants you to be blessed. Have you ever heard of a vision board. Very simply put it is a road map to the specifics you want in your life and how to get there. The method of problem solving Schuller invented that I noted above is a wonderful way of choosing a road map to your dreams. Give it a try if you ever get stuck. We here at BasicMissions are big belivers in road maps and vision boards and KNOWING. Because in every religon and practice we have studied the Creator has in some way asked us to TRUST and KNOW allowing for the Universe to provide. A basic law in all dogma is belief. I am going beyond that and saying you need no dogma you just need to KNOW what you belive. Sometimes I think we miss these points because they are not drawn out but just simply stated. I want each of you to experience the blessings of God and the full extent of abundance He has in store for you in this lifetime, so please give these words some great consideration. It may not be easy to do at first but with practice you can master KNOWING. Therefore bringing you closer to your Creator thru trust and being able to recognize the truths that you have been given.
God Bless you all.
Duncan