The greatest nation on earth is not the United States of America after all! In addition, do not think that it is the People’s Republic of China or even Russia; if you do, you are very wrong because it is none of these nations and alas, it is not all of them combined together.
I make bold to proclaim to you that the greatest nation on earth is not even a nation (per se) but it is your IMAGI-N-A-T-I-O-N. Yes, go on believe it; you (with your Power of Imagination) are greater, stronger and more powerful than any combination of all the nations mentioned above.
The two greatest discoveries (as far as I am concerned) of the last century are that;
a. You can change your life (situation, circumstance…... fill in the blank) by changing the state of your mind.
b. The most brilliant (intelligent, ingenious, creative etc) individual that ever lived has only been able to use (a paltry) 5% of his/her brain power.
What has the above discoveries (of course, they are not new) have to do with my earlier assertion? Everything, as you will soon see. If indeed you can change (anything) by altering the state of your mind and all the technological, economical, political (and all other CALs) achievements obtained in the world now are the result of utilizing ONLY 5 % OF OUR BRAIN POWER imagine (that word again) how powerful you will be WHEN you start using 7% of your available mental power!
Thank God for the BIBLE, a long time ago this book of all books has the following to say as recorded in the Genesis 11 v6 (KJV), Proverbs 23v7a (KJV) & Mark 9v23:
‘And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have IMAGINED to do’
‘For as he thinketh in heart, so his he’
‘Jesus said to unto him, if thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth’
According to the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, Imagination is the ability to create pictures in your mind or the part of the mind that does this. The Microsoft Encarta (2009 ed.) defines it as the ability to form images or ideas in the mind especially of things never seen or experienced before.
It is a true saying that ‘seeing is believing’ and Jesus said (Mark 9v23) “all things are possible …. To them that believe”. The meaning of this is that we MUST first SEE (in our Imagination) before we can receive anything that we ask for in prayer.
Let me put it this way, when you have a need that you are trusting God for, prior to praying about that need you MUST first IMAGINE that you have what you need before praying for that it. God used this pattern with Abraham when he helped him to visualize the number of his offspring. Gen. 15v5
TBC
WHATEVER A MAN DOES, HE MUST DO FIRST IN HIS MIND – ALBERT SZENT-GYORGI
