Christianity, The Law of Attraction and The One Command

What is the definition of “The Law of Attraction”? It is getting everything you want out of life through the power of your own mind. In other words, your thoughts are what determine what you are destined to do or have.

Imagine for a moment that you have in your possession a force that gives you complete and total power over everything. You are able to command the sun to rise and then to set. The force you possess allows you to control the ebb and flow of ocean tides and what direction the wind blows. You can even command where rain falls or where there is to be drought.

If you had this type of total control, what would you do? Would you be benevolent and merciful, using your power to help people achieve their ultimate potential, or would you become a tyrant and control everything for your own gain? What would you really do?

Of course, I am only using your imagination, because you currently do not have this kind of control. However what if you had the power to determine the course of your own life? What if you could accomplish great things and gain great riches by using the power of your own mind? If I told you that you currently possess the power to change the course of the rest of your life to whatever path you choose, what would you really do?

Every person holds in their mind the power to shape the events of their life to achieve whatever end they see fit. This power is what is known as the Law of Attraction. As Joseph Murphy explains, "The Law of Attraction attracts to you everything you need, according to the nature of your thoughts. Your environment and financial condition are the perfect reflection of your habitual thinking."

Job 4:8: “As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.”
Early in the 20th century, the Law of Attraction began to become popular because people started to appreciate the power of positive thinking. They began to learn more and apply it to their lives. How did this concept make a resurgence during this time? A gentleman by the name of William Walker Atkinson, the editor of New Thought magazine, published a book called Thought Vibration or the Law of Attraction in the Thought World in 1906. Many people looking to improve themselves read it and applied the principles to their lives.

Another book written during this time was The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles in 1910.

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Mr. Wattles tells us that thoughts are things. One of his most powerful passages in the book states:

There is a thinking stuff from which all things are made, and which, in its original state, permeates, penetrates, and fills the interspaces of the universe. A thought, in this substance, produces the thing that is imaged by the thought. Man can form things in his thought, and, by impressing his thought upon formless substance, can cause the thing he thinks about to be created.

Let us think about the first verses of Genesis and what God said:
3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. 6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

According to Mr. Wattles, God used the “thinking stuff” to speak the earth into existence. If this is so and God created us in his image, could he not have given us the ability to create by speaking and thinking what we wanted and believing that it had been done?

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This energy is also referred to as a vibration. Have you ever been with someone who is so happy they seem to be radiating a “glow” that inspires happiness in all those around them? Have you ever spent time with someone who was so critical and unhappy that they consistently gave off a “negative” vibration that seemed to suck the life and happiness out of everyone?

Our vibrations are usually in response to some form of stimulus; something has happened that has caused us to feel happy, or sad, or scared, or confused, or stressed. We need to learn to pay attention to our subconscious response. Doing so will help you in the future when you are working to be in touch with how you felt in a certain situation. There will be times when you will want to recreate that feeling, especially when you are visualizing what you want.

Negative vibrations generate negative feelings like loneliness, sadness, stress, anger, hurt, confusion and lack. Most people who are in the negative realm do not choose to be unhappy and they don’t want to share their unhappiness with those around them.

Positive vibrations generate good feelings like joy, love, excitement, goodness, affection, peace and abundance. When a person is emitting positive vibrations, they will attract good things toward them, and if they are emitting negative vibrations they will attract negativity.
The creative process for “The Law of Attraction” involves some steps to gaining what you desire

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Ask - You must know what you want and what you don’t want. I mean, really know what you want. The universe or the Creator of All That Is cannot deliver what you want without your first knowing what you want to have manifested into your life. Turn it over to your God.
Emotionalize what you want. How does it feel inside when you have what you want. Does it bring you and those around you joy, happiness, comfort, peace, security, etc.?

Believe - You need to truly believe that what you are asking for is already yours. What does is look, feel, smell or taste like? All your doubts must be pushed away. You must have complete faith that what you want or desire you will achieve. According to Hebrews 11:1 - “faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”

Inspired Action - It is important that you take action to reach your goals. You can’t sit around and expect what you want to just appear. You have to take action; inspired action. When an opportunity or inspiration comes your way, you must not hesitate but act on the idea or opportunity.

Inspired action can be a feeling inside that says you must do a specific thing. Sometimes it comes as a random thought, at other times someone will come to you with an idea or you will happen to read a particular article in a magazine that you would normally not read. As you do what you are impelled to do, your actions will bring about the means to satisfy your ardent desire. James 2:17, "faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead."

Receive – You must know that you deserve to receive that which you want to manifest. Moreover, be truly expectant… with open arms to accept the good that comes into your life. You know without a doubt that you will receive the air you need to breathe and the water that gives you life. This is the feeling you must have when you are asking for what you want. You must know that it will arrive. When it does, you are able to receive.

You must receive with thanksgiving and gratitude. If you are a parent who gave things to your children and they never thanked you, you would not be happy. You would tend to think they were ungrateful or that they felt entitled. It is the same with our Creator. We must receive with gratitude all that He has given us. Saying “thank you” each time you receive something expected or unexpected shows that you appreciate all that you have received. Psalm 100:4 says, "Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name."