I have touched on John 14:12 before but let’s look at it in
the “light” of The Secret:
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He
that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works
than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
This is one of those verses that often gets people’s faith
since Jesus walked on water, healed the sick, made the lame walk and raised the
dead. In the movie, The Secret, they told the story of The Miracle Man who was
in a plane accident as was not expected to live much less walk ever again. He
was lost in his thoughts and decided he would walk out of the hospital by
Christmas. His only way to communicate was blinking and “declared” this to the
staff. He defied everyone and walked out on Christmas.
Now this was put into the light of one’s self willing their
body using the “universe” to help them. I am also considered a Miracle Man
because on May 17, 2014 I dropped dead. My heart stopped and I hit the floor.
It took 5 minutes before CPR was started and then another 45 minutes before
they got a pulse back. I was put into a coma to allow my “organs” to recover
but was told “if” I came to I would be a vegetable. I could do nothing with my
brain during this time since I was out, yet I was covered in prayer and when
Amiee and Patty were fervently praying together in my room I started to come
to. Well the nurse told them to stop praying and started to fill me up with
more drugs to keep me in a coma. Didn’t matter, and hour later I was alert,
alive and as normal as I could be.
Was it those ladies using the power of prayer or was it them
twisting the universe? This is where the lines of reality get fuzzy, but I can
say that I was prayed over and defied the odds shortly thereafter. I would say
THEY did these and “greater works” on me.
Now I feel much of what has happened to the miracle and
healing ministries today is they have either focused on the show for money or
are considered wack-a-do by the science community. How many times do we pray
for the doctors hand in healing vs a miraculous healing that only could be of
God? Honestly, we can do greater things we just need to believe and that is “The
Secret”!
Those who pray without results or try to follow the Law of
Attraction from The Secret may be close to a breakthrough before they give up. You
quickly lose faith on anything working just before something big comes along. The
saying from The Secret is “your wish is my command” and when you turn negative,
that wins.
I think the big difference between the two is the focus. One
focuses on self while the other focuses on God. We can change OUR surroundings but
cannot heal others without that special sauce call God. I think the idea we are
energy that is directly in contact with the universe is true, but there is a
higher level energy that IS God. That Is the key we can only effect little
things which may seem large, but God is in control of all and that is missing
from The Secret totally.
The video acknowledges God in a way, but ties it into “the
universe” and makes God seem to be more a genie that one can control by their
feelings. They do not mention any other attributes about God. As much as it’s
fun to see how things line up when you believe they will. One needs to
acknowledge the source and being God and not YOU. I remember one of the
teachers was in the news a few years ago, having had people die doing one of
his exercises. That shows how we cannot control everything, if you do it don’t
forget God and give thanks to him. Also, do it like Amiee and Patty for others
more than self!!