John G. Lake: When I was a lad, I accompanied my father on a visit to the office of John A. McCall, the great insurance man. We were taken to McCall’s office in his private elevator. It was the first time I had ever been in a great office building and ridden in an elevator, and I held my breath until the thing stopped. Then we stepped into his office, the most beautiful office I ever had beheld. The rugs were so thick I was afraid I would go through the floor when I stepped on them. His desk was a marvel, pure mahogany, and on the top of his desk, inlaid in mother-of-pearl, was his name, written in script. It was so magnificent that in my boyish soul I said, “I am going to have an office just like this, and a desk like that with my name in it when I am a man.”
I did not know until I was in my thirtieth year how strong that was in my nature. It almost seemed to be forgotten. I was invited to Chicago to join an association of men who were establishing a life insurance company. They said, “Lake, we want you to be manager of this association.” We discussed the matter for three weeks until they came to my terms, and finally the president said, “Step into this office. I want to show you something. We have a surprise for you.” I stepped into an office which was the exact duplicate of John A. McCall’s office, and there in the center was a desk of pure mahogany. Instead of the name of John A. McCall, it was John G. Lake inscribed in mother-of-pearl. I had never spoken of that soul-desire to a person in the world.
There is something in the call of a soul that is creative. It brings things to pass. When the supreme desire of your heart cries out to God, all the spiritual energy of your nature and the powers of God that come to you begin to concentrate and work toward that goal. Then there comes into being that which your soul calls for by the conscious creative exercise of faith; that is the creative action of faith—you and God working out and evidencing the power of creative desire.
- John G Lake ( Spiritual Hunger )
- JESUS SAVES TV
I did not know until I was in my thirtieth year how strong that was in my nature. It almost seemed to be forgotten. I was invited to Chicago to join an association of men who were establishing a life insurance company. They said, “Lake, we want you to be manager of this association.” We discussed the matter for three weeks until they came to my terms, and finally the president said, “Step into this office. I want to show you something. We have a surprise for you.” I stepped into an office which was the exact duplicate of John A. McCall’s office, and there in the center was a desk of pure mahogany. Instead of the name of John A. McCall, it was John G. Lake inscribed in mother-of-pearl. I had never spoken of that soul-desire to a person in the world.
There is something in the call of a soul that is creative. It brings things to pass. When the supreme desire of your heart cries out to God, all the spiritual energy of your nature and the powers of God that come to you begin to concentrate and work toward that goal. Then there comes into being that which your soul calls for by the conscious creative exercise of faith; that is the creative action of faith—you and God working out and evidencing the power of creative desire.
- John G Lake ( Spiritual Hunger )
- JESUS SAVES TV
John G. Lake: When I was a lad, I accompanied my father on a visit to the office of John A. McCall, the great insurance man. We were taken to McCall’s office in his private elevator. It was the first time I had ever been in a great office building and ridden in an elevator, and I held my breath until the thing stopped. Then we stepped into his office, the most beautiful office I ever had beheld. The rugs were so thick I was afraid I would go through the floor when I stepped on them. His desk was a marvel, pure mahogany, and on the top of his desk, inlaid in mother-of-pearl, was his name, written in script. It was so magnificent that in my boyish soul I said, “I am going to have an office just like this, and a desk like that with my name in it when I am a man.”
I did not know until I was in my thirtieth year how strong that was in my nature. It almost seemed to be forgotten. I was invited to Chicago to join an association of men who were establishing a life insurance company. They said, “Lake, we want you to be manager of this association.” We discussed the matter for three weeks until they came to my terms, and finally the president said, “Step into this office. I want to show you something. We have a surprise for you.” I stepped into an office which was the exact duplicate of John A. McCall’s office, and there in the center was a desk of pure mahogany. Instead of the name of John A. McCall, it was John G. Lake inscribed in mother-of-pearl. I had never spoken of that soul-desire to a person in the world.
There is something in the call of a soul that is creative. It brings things to pass. When the supreme desire of your heart cries out to God, all the spiritual energy of your nature and the powers of God that come to you begin to concentrate and work toward that goal. Then there comes into being that which your soul calls for by the conscious creative exercise of faith; that is the creative action of faith—you and God working out and evidencing the power of creative desire.
- John G Lake ( Spiritual Hunger )
- JESUS SAVES TV
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