The children of Israel were told that they could have all the land they could see. This is true of every man. He has only the land within his own mental vision. Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement. The children of Israel when they reached the "Promised Land," were afraid to go in, for they said it was filled with giants who made them feel like grasshoppers. "And there we saw the giants and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers." This is almost every man's experience.
However, the one who knows spiritual law, is undisturbed by appearance, and rejoices while he is "yet in
captivity." That is, he holds to his vision and gives thanks that the end is accomplished, he has received.
Jesus Christ gave a wonderful example of this. He said to his disciples: "Say not ye, there are yet four
months and then cometh the harvest? Behold, I say unto you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields; for
they are ripe already to harvest." His clear vision pierced the "world of matter" and he saw clearly the
fourth dimensional world, things as they really are, perfect and complete in Divine Mind. So man must
ever hold the vision of his journey's end and demand the manifestation of that which he has already
received. It may be his perfect, health, love, supply, selfexpression, home or friends. They are all
finished and perfect ideas registered in Divine Mind (man's own super conscious mind) and must come
through him, not to him.
For example: A man came to me asking for treatments for success. It was imperative that he raise, within
a certain, fiftythousand dollars for his business. The time limit was almost up, when he came to me in
despair. No one wanted to invest in his enterprise, and the bank had flatly refused a loan. I replied: "I
suppose you lost your temper while at the bank, therefore your power. You can control any situation if
you first control yourself." "Go back to the bank," I added, "and I will treat." My treatment was: "You are
identified in love with the spirit of everyone connected with the bank. Let the divine idea come out of this
situation." He replied, "Woman, you are talking about impossibility. Tomorrow is Saturday; the bank
closes at twelve, and my train won't get me there until ten, and the time limit is up tomorrow, and anyway
they won't do it. It's too late."
I replied, "God doesn't need any time and is never too late. With Him all things are possible." I added, "I
don't know anything about business, but I know all about God." He replied: "It all sounds fine when I sit
here listening to you, but when I go out it's terrible." He lived in a distant city, and I did not hear from him
for a week, and then came a letter. It read: "You were right. I raised the money, and will never again
doubt the truth of all that you told me." I saw him a few weeks later, and I said, "What happened? You
evidently had plenty of time, after all." He replied, "My train was late, and I got there just fifteen minutes
to twelve. I walked into the bank quietly and said, 'I have come for the loan,' and they gave it to me
without a question." It was the last fifteen minutes of the time allotted to him, and Infinite Spirit was not
too late. In this instance the man could never have demonstrated alone. He needed someone to help him
hold to the vision. This is what one man can do for another.
Jesus Christ knew the truth of this when he said: "If two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything
that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven." One gets too close to his
own affairs and becomes doubtful and fearful. The friend or "healer" sees clearly the success, health, or
prosperity, and never wavers, because he is not close to the situation. It is much easier to "demonstrate"
for someone else than for one's self, so a person should not hesitate to ask for help, if he feels himself
wavering. A keen observer of life once said, "no man can fail, if some one person sees him successful."
Such is the power of the vision, and many a great man owed his success to a wife, or sister, or a friend
who "believed in him" and held without wavering to the perfect pattern!