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In a recent article, I referred to this scripture found in Proverbs,

“Where there is no vision, the people perish; but blessed is he who keeps the law.” (Proverbs 29:18)

In that article I focused on the first part of the proverb, and today I want to focus on the second half of the proverb, “. . . blessed is he who keeps the law.”

What does it mean, to “keep the law”? The scripture is referring not to man-made law, but to Divine Law.

We live in a Universe of Law, the same law that enabled Jesus to do the great works attributed to him. He said, “I came not to destroy the law but to fulfill it.” Jesus did not abrogate Divine Law, he simply revealed a higher potential of Divine Law or spiritual law that as yet humankind is for the most part unaware of. It’s really up to us to become more aware of spiritual law and its influence in our lives and affairs.

When Jesus said, “I came that you might have life, and that you might have it more abundantly,” he meant what he said. It’s up to us to have a greater awareness of God and have a greater demonstration of God’s good in our lives, for then we are “keeping” the law and we are truly blessed in every aspect of our lives.

Let’s take a look at a couple of examples in the scriptures which outline an important key to demonstration. The first is one of “keeping the law.” In II Kings, chapter four, there is the story of the woman who came to the prophet Elisha in desperation. She was a widow, and her creditors were threatening to sell her children into slavery. Elisha said to her, “What do you have in the house? And she answered, “I have nothing in the house, except a jar of oil.” He told her to borrow vessels from all her neighbors and pour out into these vessels from the jar of oil. She did this and filled all the empty vessels, and upon Elisha’s further direction she sold the oil and paid her debts and lived on the rest of the income. This was “keeping the law” through the working of the Law of Abundance.

The other example of Divine Law is a promise found in the fourth chapter of Philippians, where Paul says, “And my God shall supply every need of yours according to His riches.”

The Law is: There is abundance. The promise, or blessing, is: And my God shall supply every need of yours. The supply is always equal to the demand. But we must make the demand upon the supply before it can be received by us; in other words, we must provide the vessels by which the oil will be increased. You must create a demand so that the supply that is there can fill it. A need is a demand upon supply; it is a vacuum, and nature abhors a vacuum. Get rid of what you don’t want to make room for what you do want.

My wife and I are in that process as we speak, getting rid of some things that we don’t want so that new good substance can begin moving in. We are creating a vacuum.

Know this: whenever we dare to form a vacuum – whether visualized in the mind or in tangible form – the substance of the Universe rushes in to fill that empty space. This is a fundamental spiritual law. It’s a very simple principle, but it is very important.

Remember this – if you want to make change in your life, you must make room for the improvement. Root out those false beliefs and fears of lack, eliminate those thoughts. Make your demand upon the limitless supply. Blessed are you, for the promise is: God shall supply every need of yours.

Use the substance you have; make room for more to come to you. You are blessed indeed.

God is Blessing You, Right Now!

Rev. Alan A. Rowbotham

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Rev. Alan A. Rowbotham, a Unity minister for over thirty-seven years, invites you to subscribe to his free inspirational newsletter, Spiritual Solutions, at www.spiritualsolutionsblog.com

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Gaining a clear vision of what you want in life gives you the inner power and energy to bring your dreams into manifestation.

Without a clear vision, your soul is deprived of the spiritual energy needed to achieve and it begins to shrivel up and waste away. We read in the scriptures:

“Where there is no vision, the people perish; but blessed is he who keeps the law.” (Proverbs 29:18)

Do you have a vision for the various aspects of your life, a roadmap for achieving the desires of your heart? It is important for you to have well-defined visions; if your visions are just vague wishes you’re never going to get there.

What are your dreams? What do you want to achieve, in your career or business, in your relationships, in your finances. Have you written down your desires in these areas of your life? If not, there’s little chance you will achieve them.

I’d like to encourage you to use a vision-mapping process to create a clear and precise vision for your most important dreams, then for each vision to write down the specific goals, steps to take, and any tasks involved. In this way, you’ll have a clearly defined vision and a detailed roadmap to follow in the achievement of that vision.

You might be asking, “Do I really have to write it down?”

If it’s not an important goal or dream, you don’t have to write it down because it won’t really matter to you in your heart of hearts.

But if these things are really important to you, then you do need to write down your dreams and visions and create a detailed roadmap for their achievement.

The first step is for you to get a notebook or journal and write down a list of the most important areas of your life to which you want to apply this process. You decide the important areas of your life you want to address.

The second step is to go to your journal and make a list of the dreams or what you want to achieve in that particular area of your life. Just write one or two sentences per dream that is important to you.

The third step is then to create a goals page for each specific dream or desire of your heart. Write your dream or desire at the top of the page, and under that make a list of the goals you need to achieve to fulfill that heart’s desire.

The fourth step is to create a page for each goal and put at the top, “Goals to Steps,” and under the heading list the steps which need to be completed to achieve that goal. (Next, if there is any complex step then break that down into a list of tasks that have to be completed.)

The fifth and final step in the process is to assign a target completion date to each task and each step.

All that’s left then is to achieve the goal one task or step at a time until you achieve your dream.

At first it may seem like an overwhelming project. But remember, there’s no deadline; it’s a life project. Simply apply this process to one dream a month or one dream a week or one dream a year. You don’t have to do it all at once. What is important is that you start, and continue, the process at your own pace.

Wherever you apply the vision-mapping process you will be amazed at the life, joy, and successful achievements you bring into your experience.

If you want to kick the Law of Attraction into high gear and accelerate the manifestation process to the achievement of your dreams, I suggest you also consider making a treasure map or, better yet, use the Vision Board system, which will provide you with the key to harness the power of visualization!

God is Blessing You, Right Now!

Rev. Alan A. Rowbotham

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Rev. Alan A. Rowbotham, a Unity minister for over thirty-seven years, invites you to subscribe to his free inspirational newsletter, Spiritual Solutions, at www.spiritualsolutionsblog.com

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Here’s a great blog post by Karl Moore at www.karlblog.com

It’s just right on! Here it is:

I don’t tend to listen to the news.

It’s not that I don’t care about what’s going on in the world, but I do feel that all the negative vibes that the media pipes out can have a detrimental effect.

In fact, studies suggest that listening to the news on a regular basis can make you fearful, depressed, anxious, angry and even paranoid!

You see, when you focus your attention on stories of calamity and woe, your spirit can so easily deflate. Energetically, you start attracting more of the same negativity into your own life.

Choosing not to watch the news isn’t ignorance or indifference; it’s choosing to embrace the positive in the world instead.

Because … no matter what … good and bad co-exist.

There will always be calamities and woe in the world whether you follow the news or not. Focusing on it to the point of creating anxiety within you only adds to the negative vibes.

You have a choice; so why not choose to focus on the good stuff?

There is plenty of it out there if you dare to look!

Watching what you focus on also applies to your experiences and choice of words on a daily basis.

To give you an example of focus in practice, consider the approach of an enlightened peace campaigner.

This gentle soul believed in peace but she wouldn’t attend anti-war marches. However, she would attend pro-peace marches!

So what’s the difference?

Well, it’s subtle but actually quite profound! The mere mention of the word ‘war’ (even though it’s anti-war) conjures up negative connotations whereas the word ‘peace’ has a much more positive focus.

Both marches are campaigning for peace but can you see the difference simply by changing the words from anti-war to pro-peace?

It’s subtle but a good example of ‘focus’ in action.

So, as you go about your day, watch your focus.

Look for the positive – even in words.

And remember the saying – As you think, so shall you be!

God is Blessing You, Right Now!

Rev. Alan A. Rowbotham

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Rev. Alan A. Rowbotham, a Unity minister for over thirty-seven years, invites you to subscribe to his free inspirational newsletter, Spiritual Solutions, at www.spiritualsolutionsblog.com

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