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“Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven”. (Matthew 16:19).
I have always been curious about how Matthew connected this saying to Peter’s recognition of Jesus as the Christ. It never seemed to quite fit. For me, it seems better suited as a reminder of the connection between the quality of our consciousness and the quality of our external life. If we believe a certain thing is true, for example, we tend to express that belief in our life. The belief is what we bind on earth. The invisible laws of manifestation we set in motion is what we bind in heaven.
I once spoke with a young woman who said, “People never take me seriously.” She then went on to name about three examples where her opinions were dismissed. If you continually affirm that people never take you seriously, chances are good that people will stop taking you seriously.
The question is, does affirming people never take you seriously actually cause people to comply with your expectations? Or, do you just latch on to those situations where this seems to be the case? I bought a Jeep Wrangler from our daughter. Now, everyplace I go I see many Jeep Wranglers. Did the whole world run out and buy Jeep Wranglers just because I did? I don’t think so.
The principle contained in the statement from Jesus basically says whatever gets your attention will tend to show up because you look for it. It becomes inevitable. If you want to be taken seriously, then it would be a good idea to stop saying no one does.
This is just an example, but it plays out in many ways in our life. There is a definite connection between what we believe (bind on earth) and what we latch onto from the river of events that flow through our life (bind in heaven).