In Matthew 6:33, Jesus as the Christ shares with us the sequence that will create Divine Order in our lives. He says, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.” This is our guide to Ordering Up the highest and best in our life experience, regardless of what the world of appearance may be.

Let’s take both a quick metaphysical and a practical look at this, so we understand what this really means for us. The Gospel of Matthew, New Metaphysical Version states it this way: “When we live at the speed of our Christ Consciousness, we will not want for anything. Verse 34 goes on to say: “Therefore, we should not concern ourselves about unmanifested good; right thoughts and actions help move possibilities into probabilities and hidden potentials into physical realities.” In other words, when we put things in the right Spiritual Order, by going first to Headquarters and spending quality time there, we quicken our awareness of our Oneness and open ourselves up to hear the Divine Wisdom of Spirit. This sets us up for the “all these things” that will be added. When we’re aligned with Spirit, we can “Order Up” the Divine Ideas, intuitive guidance, and resources we need for our Spiritual Highest and Best, to move through life with grace, inner peace, and joy.

So from a practical standpoint, we want to Order Up a regular Spiritual Practice in our life, so we stay prayed up! Then we can then turn to affirmations to support our Divinely Ordered life. We’d like to  give you the code to “Order Up” the highest and best. It starts be realizing how powerful two words are: “I AM…” Every time you finish a sentence that begins “I Am…” be aware that you are creating an affirmation. But the important thing to remember here is, things don’t become true because we affirm them. We affirm them because they are Truth. So you want to be sure you are grounding all your affirmations in Truth!

As we think about codes related to our affirmations, there is a Universal template for affirmations:  “I AM THAT I AM.”

Think about it … and how powerful it really is. ‘I am that I am.’ Consider the idea that maybe, just maybe, there’s something very significant missing in this powerful phrase as we commonly say it. What if a comma is missing? What if the phrase really says, “I am THAT (comma) I am.” “I am THAT, I am.” Whatever the THAT is, is your affirmation! For example, the THAT could be “I am such an idiot!” OR it could be “I am God expressing at the point of me.” What do you want to “Order Up?”

Every time you say, “I am God expressing at the point of me,” you raise your soul vibration. You raise your spiritual octave to a Christed level. You align your human self with your Christ Self. It actually creates an increase in your energy level. Let’s try it:

“I AM” –2 simple, but powerful soul defining words -  They launch a powerful vocal vibration that holds the key to unbelievable Spiritual growth that leads to your ability to Divinely Order your experience. It’s up to you to “Order Up” what you want.

Every time you say, “I am God expressing at the point of me” you are “Ordering Up” your Divinity.

Every time you say, “I am unlimited prosperity expressing as me” you are “Ordering Up” your abundance.

Every time you say, “I am radiant health expressing as me” you are “Ordering Up” your wholeness and vitality.

Every time you say, “I am pure joy expressing as me” you are “Ordering Up” your inner peace and happiness.

So here’s the Divine Power of Order as it relates to your Spiritual experience:

• Go first to the Headquarters of our Spiritual Oneness (Seek ye first), and reconnect your awareness of Oneness;
• Then, affirm with confidence the Truth of who you are.

With the ORDER in the proper sequence, we can “Order Up” a life that is joyful, peaceful, and Divine , and claim: I AM that … I AM – I Am God expressing at the point of me ..  and I “Order Up” my ability to master the art of living as I walk the Spiritual Path on Practical feet … I AM.

As we looked back over our years as consultants, we remember that NO was a tough word for us to hear when we generated amazing proposals, only to find someone else was selected to do the job. But we discovered a fascinating way to hear the YES in NO.

We started saying “Thanks for saying no!” When we received the news that we weren’t selected to give a keynote presentation, for example, we would immediately follow up with a little note, thanking the potential client for giving us the opportunity to be considered ~ and our affirmations for them having a great conference.

We followed this up with offering our services for future events, and also indicated that, should something occur at the last minute where they found they needed a speaker, to feel free to contact us. Then we topped it off by including a copy of one of our books as our “Thanks for saying no” gift.

Incredibly, we discovered that more times than not we were contacted immediately to confirm dates next year’s conference! And we can identify three specific instances where unforeseen events occurred with the selected speaker, and we got the call to replace them! We learned how to find the YES in NO by looking at a more long-term response.

How often do you experience obstacles that seem to wave a big red “NO” in front of you? Giving in may feel like the easiest plan, and say, “Forget it!” But in Mark 10:27, Jesus makes an incredible statement: “With God, all things are possible.”

What is HE talking about? It tends to conjure up all kinds of debates, like “Yeah, possible, but how probable?” Or “This sounds good, but it won’t work in the real world!”

So let’s look at the Unity perspective of what this verse is really talking about, we get a whole different view. It says that as we make that connection with the Christ of us, our God center, we are receptive to the Divine Flow of every thing we ever need. But until we spend that time in Headquarters, in meditation and prayer, our human self sees the appearance of obstacles, of “NOs.”

Here are three keys to discovering the YES in every NO you seem to encounter:

• Spend dedicated time in the Silence, strengthening your connection with Spirit.
• Counter every appearance of NO with a big “Thank You for saying no!” Then identify ways to send positive energy to the situation or people.
• Recognize that there is no being out there in the sky saying NO. We have the power to Divinely order our experience, and create the life we choose. Refuse to let the appearance of NO have power in your life!

The Love Bug of Truth is the one bug we WANT to catch and spread to others! And just as that pesky flu bug has a list of symptoms, guess what? The Love Bug of Truth has THREE symptoms too! Your adventure this week is to see how many of these symptoms you feel and how you can keep those symptoms flowing! They will be simple to remember just remember the word BUG!

B=BELIEF:
When you are bitten by the Love Bug of Truth, you experience a strengthening of Belief. Belief is the difference between living life in HOPE of something, and KNOWING that you know that you know. Belief actually affects your sense of inner peace. When you know Truth, from the depths of your being, you can move through any situation with calmness and assurance.

Example: There is an interesting observation we’ve made in the field of professional speaking, which we’ve done since 1984. It is a cyclical business It doesn’t really matter how fabulous you might be, the speaking business has definite ups and downs, and fairly predictable cycles. When you’re just starting out, and hit a down time, you panic, worry, and run around trying to force results. No matter what anyone tells you, you think the world is coming to an end, you’re finished, and you’ll have to actually return to that “real world” of work!” Once you’ve been around that block a few times, you recognize the cycle, and you live from that knowing that you don’t need to panic. Instead, you take advantage of that down time to rest, take care of yourself, and work on new material or marketing tactics. Then, when the up cycle comes around again, you can enter it refreshed and ready to dazzle with your new stuff. Meanwhile, the newbie enters the up market exhausted from all the needless worry! Those who don’t learn and know won’t succeed in the business!

The same principle is true in our Spiritual life. When you hit a drought in your prosperity flow, or run into challenges with health, career, relationships, whatever Stand on the foundation of BELIEF, and don’t allow yourself to fall into doubting the Principles. Instead of doubting principles, this is when you get busy USING them!

When you feel yourself facing a challenge from that place of BELIEF, you can be sure you’ve been bitten by the Love Bug of Truth!

U=UNDERSTANDING:
When you are bitten by the Love Bug of Truth, you sense an “inner click” of Understanding. Understanding is the difference between acting a certain way because someone said you should be doing it, and doing it because you “get it!” It is that A-ha that hits you when you smash through a Truth barrier.

Here’s an example to help explain what we mean. We saw it as we watched our grandson playing with one of his toys. It is this big block that has shapes cut into it. There are a lot of plastic blocks cut into the same shapes, and our grandson is supposed to figure out how to drop the right shape into the hole of the same shape. And every now and then, by accident, he hit it right – and it’s exciting! But the awesome time came when he realized how he did it and was able to replicate it over and over! It’s that a-ha!

Consider the practices we have as we live our Truth principles. How many times do we do stuff because someone said we should for example affirmations? We worry: “Am I saying it correctly? Did I use the perfect words? Is there enough energy behind it?” But when our affirmations are grounded in Truth, we understand that they always work! We UNDERSTAND that things don’t become true because we affirm them We affirm them because they are Truth!

When you feel that inner click that says “I get it!” that click of Understanding, you can be sure you’ve been bitten by the Love Bug of Truth!

G=GRATITUDE:

When you are bitten by the Love Bug of Truth, you live life from an attitude of Gratitude. Living in Gratitude is the difference between allowing outer circumstances to determine our emotional state and choosing to live from a place of gratitude no matter what is going on.

For example: How many people do you know who gripe about how their vacations were ruined because of the weather? Personally, we have this one pretty well down! Since way back years ago, we started making a conscious decision to claim and set the intention that weather would never affect our enjoyment with our vacations! Now this doesn’t mean the weather will always be perfect on a vacation time. What it means is that we will not allow our emotional well-being be dependent on weather. And we have enjoyed every single vacation we’ve ever had, regardless of the weather we’ve experienced!

So remember, Gratitude is an attitude, not an event! We develop it by choice. This week, when you open your eyes in the morning, just take a moment to affirm “I greet this day with gratitude and joy!” Throughout the day, if you happen to feel yourself dreading something you need to do, pause a moment and repeat, “I am God in action! I do what I need to do with gratitude and joy! In all things, I give thanks!”

When you feel yourself facing a challenge from a deep place of Belief, when you experience that inner click of Understanding, and when you realize you are living every moment of every day from an attitude of Gratitude, you are experiencing the BUG symptoms – and you can be sure you’ve been bitten by the Love Bug of Truth! Pass it on!

Drs. Bil & Cher Holton are Spiritual Leaders at Unity Spiritual Life Center in Durham, NC, where they practice positive, practical, progressive Christianity. Visit their website at Unity Spiritual Life Center and sign up to receive a complimentary 4-week e-course.