Metaphysical Bible Meditations - 8/28/17

The Parable of the Friend at Night. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Good Monday Morning, dear readers: Hope you all had restful and enjoyable weekends! Today we'll pick up where we left off in our last post, which explored the metaphysical dimensions of the Lord's Prayer. After his initial explanation to the disciples' request for instruction in effective prayer, Jesus expounds further in the Parable of the Friend at Night, found in Luke 11: 5 - 8:

"And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;

For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?

And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.

I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth."

The crucial factor in prayer, as the parable illustrates, is unrelenting faith in seeing the fulfillment of our desires, no matter how dire external conditions and circumstances may appear. No matter how late the hour maybe for us (in the form of a major illness, medical condition, financial situation, etc.) or if the door is bolted shut (our illness/condition is labeled "incurable", the debt we're in looks insurmountable, etc.) unyielding belief in the desired outcome will, in ways we know not of, move heaven and earth to make it so. 

Contrary to popular opinion this doesn't mean we, through sheer will and might, look to force or dictate the manner in which our desire will be brought to pass. The friend in the parable didn't break the door down and aggressively threat, barter, or negotiate with his cranky associate to give him the bread he requested; he simply asked in humble yet confident expectation that his request would be granted. Likewise we are to bring our own needs before the Infinite by turning within, with full assurance that that which are searching for is searching for us, impressing our subconscious mind through focused emotion and thought with the feeling of the wish fulfilled, then leaving the seeds we planted alone to bear the bounty objectively. 

"But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet (the subconscious), and when thou hast shut thy door (the evidence/appearances of the senses), pray to thy Father (Infinite Intelligence) which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly (in physical manifestation of circumstances and events which will lead to your answered prayer)." Matthew 6:6

This psycho - spiritual process is akin to achieving physical conception: Upon reaching the point of saturation or union with our prayer, we release it and wait for the first signs of activity. Once we are positive of the signs and evidence, we then take any necessary and needed action to facilitate the objective birth of our desire.

"And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?"

In these verses Jesus once more lays stress upon the fact that we are not to waver in our determination for an answer to our prayer, for we will get the physical equivalent of the emotional nature of our request: If we ask in the spirit of confidence, we receive our heart's desire; if we are riddled with doubt and anxiety as to the outcome, we will remain shut out in our current state of limitation.

"But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways." (James 1: 6-8)

To underscore the point, Jesus uses the analogy of earthly parents being responsive to the needs of their children. If they, "being evil", that is, still subscribing to the conditioned race beliefs of duality, misfortune, limitation, etc., are able to overcome them to give generously and gracefully to their children, how much more so will Infinite Intelligence, "with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning" give to us when we ask of It?

"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights." (James 1:17)

I hope you enjoyed today's content! Until next time, keep on keeping onward, upward, and God-ward.

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