The Power of Optimism: Immortal Lessons on the Magic of Positivity by Christian D. Larson Claude M. Bristol Florence Scovel Shinn & A.H.Z. Carr

Author:Christian D. Larson, Claude M. Bristol, Florence Scovel Shinn & A.H.Z. Carr
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: G&D Media
Published: 2019-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOUR

What Do You Expect?

“According to your faith, be it done unto you.”

—M ATT. 9:29

Faith is expectancy—“According to your faith, be it done unto you.”

We might say, according to your expectancies be it done unto you. So, what are you expecting?

We hear people say: “We expect the worst to happen,” or “The worst is yet to come.” They are deliberately inviting the worst to come.

We hear others say: “I expect a change for the better.” They are inviting better conditions into their lives.

Change your expectancies and you change your conditions.

How can you change your expectancies, when you have formed the habit of expecting loss, lack or failure?

Begin to act as if you expected success, happiness, and abundance; prepare for your good.

Do something to show you expect it to come. Active faith alone will impress the subconscious.

If you have spoken the word for a home, prepare for it immediately, as if you hadn’t a moment to lose. Collect little ornaments, tablecloths, etc., etc.!

I knew a woman who made the giant swing into faith, by buying a large armchair; a chair meant business, she bought a large and comfortable chair, for she was preparing for the right man. He came.

Someone will say, “Suppose you haven’t money to buy ornaments or a chair?” Then look in shop windows and link with them in thought.

Get in their vibration: I sometimes hear people say, “I don’t go into the shops because I can’t afford to buy anything.” That is just the reason why you should go into the shops. Begin to make friends with the things you desire or require.

I know a woman who wanted a ring. She went boldly to the ring department and tried on rings. It gave her such a realization of ownership, that not long after, a friend made her a gift of a ring. “You combine with what you notice.”

The soul is the subconscious mind, and the psalmist was telling his subconscious to expect everything directly from the universal; not to depend upon doors and channels; “My expectation is from Him.”

God cannot fail, for “His ways are ingenious, His methods are sure.”

You can expect any seemingly impossible Good from God; if you do not limit the channels.

Do not say how you want it done, or how it can’t be done.

“God is the Giver and the Gift and creates His own amazing channels.”

Now think of the blessings that seem so far off, and begin to expect them now, under grace, in an unexpected way; for God works in unexpected ways, His wonders to perform.

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