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August 31, 2003

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Creative Word

By Andrei Yashurin

Jesus, unlike most of religious people of His days, realized 
the creative power of spoken words, and used them boldly. 
More than that, He commended others when they understood 
this power.

When a Roman centurion came to Jesus and asked to cure his 
son, the Master agreed, "I will come and heal him". But 
"the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that 
you should come under my roof; but only speak the word, 
and my boy will be healed. For I am a man under authority, 
having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, Go! And he 
goes; and to another, Come! And he comes; and to my servant, 
Do this! And he does it. When Jesus heard, He marveled 
and said to those who followed, Truly I say to you, I have 
not found such great faith, no, not in Israel" 
(Matthew 8:7-10). In following verses we read that Jesus 
spoke the word, and the boy was healed "in that hour".

Some would argue that this miraculous transformation was 
possible only because of special authority given to Jesus 
by God. But it is not correct in the light of His teaching. 
If our call is to do "greater works" than He did, how it can 
be possible without authority? The truth is, we all are 
children of God, together with Jesus. He became our Elder 
Brother and the Way-Shower. He opened for us the path of Life, 
more abundant life. Wise use of creative words is essential 
for our progress on this path.    

"Only speak the word, and my boy will be healed". "And his boy 
was healed in that hour". This healing was performed solely 
by words. Many men and women in our days testify that this 
method works. People are being cured, delivered from 
undesirable conditions, enlightened, and blessed in all 
possible ways through their positive, affirmative statements, 
even when all other methods seem to fail. 

Further, teaching His followers how to create through the word 
power, Jesus said: 

"Have faith of God. For truly I say to you that whoever shall 
say to this mountain, Be moved and be cast into the sea, and 
shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he 
said shall occur, he shall have whatever he said."
Mark 11:22,23

This passage is often used in reference to faith. But it is 
interesting to notice that faith, as described here, is not 
wordless. Faith speaks. 

The first phrase, "have faith of God", reminds us again that 
God created and shaped things by faith-filled words. So do we. 

Jesus urges people to "speak to the mountain" and to command 
it "to be moved and be cast into the sea". This tells me of 
our need to be specific. If we are not definite about what 
we want to happen, it is better to make up our mind before 
we begin to pray affirmatively. 

By "the mountain" we understand challenges and obstacles 
standing on our way, something which has to be removed so 
that we could proceed in our God-inspired journey. Different 
people would ask for different manifestations, but there are 
no limits of what their creative words can to do through them.

A question is often asked, "Why do we have to deal with 
challenges? Why are all these 'mountains' we encounter?" 

When we learn to see our life experience as a classroom, we 
no longer wonder why this or that happens. Nothing comes to 
us without reason or purpose, even if we can't see it at 
once. Things to deal with are given to us as a response to 
inner urge for growth and development. 

How does a student learns mathematics? By solving problems - 
and there is no other way. Even if he/she knows all the math 
laws, this knowledge is useless until it becomes a fixed state 
of mind through constant application. The same is true with 
all of us. Sooner or later, there comes a time when our 
spirituality is tested. Happy we are when we find it to 
be practical, workable, and suitable for all occasions.

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