Believing in God's Love

I have been reading some of Paramahansa Yogananda's books over the past several months. Yogananda has written (he would say more correctly, "received") several deeply spiritual books on Christ, having seen the Lord in revelation on several different occasions.

Recently, I came across a passage from Yogananda's autobiography "Autobiography of a Yogi," that highlighted the importance of the link between believing in the Lord, health, and healing. In his book, Yogananda's guru tells him:

"Medicines have limitations; the divine creative life force has none. Believe that: you shall be well and strong."

The "divine creative life force" is God. The key word in this message is "believe." I have found that many people - including those that call themselves Christians - say they believe in God, but in reality, they have little faith or trust in the Lord. This is problematic. Disease, stress, anger, worry, and many other maladies are all byproducts of having little faith and trust in the Lord and His never-failing love.

The three words, believe, faith and trust go hand in hand. The last Sweetbird CD ("Shine") had much to say about the importance of believing, having faith, and trusting the Lord. Here are a few examples:

On the title track, Christine sings: "Believe and Shine."
On "Trust in Me," Christine sings: "Trust in Me, put Me first."
On "Live to Love," Christine sings: "It's all about faith, it's all about trust."

These are simple phrases, to be sure, but their importance cannot be overemphasized. If you have little or no faith you cannot walk in love. If you have little or no trust in the Lord, you cannot walk in love. If you have little or no faith or trust in the Lord, you don't believe in His love.

May you believe with all your heart, mind and soul in His never-failing love.

Agape,
Steve