Faith…the road less traveled!

In my continual journey of faith and trust in God, here are a few thoughts the Lord is putting on my mind:

I believe the Lord is dealing with me and my faith.  It seems as though we pray prayers that lack faith, when in all reality faith is what moves God, not our problems.  It seems as though many people spend more time explaining their problems to God than they do thanking (notice, not asking) Him for what has already been done for them.  I like the illustration the Holy Spirit gave me the other day.

We all have something in common in this world and that is, we all have or have had an earthly father.  The Lord led me to think about my relationship with my dad.  I envisioned a dinner setting in which I was with my family as a kid with my father at the head of the table.  As a kid, I never even thought about asking my dad if I could eat that which was already sitting on the table.  I just dug in!  Of course I thanked him for what he and my mother had provided, but I never asked “Can I have some of what you have set before me?”  Why?  Quite frankly that would have been a stupid question to ask for something that was already prepared on my behalf.

Why then do we continue to beg God for promises that have already been made to us as his children?  Why do say, “Lord will you heal me?” when we read the scripture that healing has already been applied on our behalf?  I believe the Lord spoke this word to me:

True faith causes you to think in past tense!

Scripture tells us in I Peter 2:24 “Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”  This scripture causes us to think in the past tense.  When we pray, we need not say, “Will you…” but “Thank you…”.

Isaiah 53:5 says, “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

This scripture speaks of an event in history (when Jesus, the Sacrificial Lamb of God was put on the cross) which has already taken place!  We are healed based on something that has already happened!  I truly believe operating in the Gift of Faith is a radical mindset that causes us to believe for the impossible in spite of what is going on around us.

I believe the Lord also spoke these words into my heart: There’s no “What if?” in faith!

The Word speaks often about how even what we think to be a “small” amount of faith is able to move mountains in our way.  I believe that what God is trying to say is that we need to isolate our faith in an effort to rid our minds of anything that would be able to hinder our thought process of faith.  I don’t believe you can operate by faith and be asking questions like, “What if God doesn’t make it happen?”, “What if something or someone gets in the way of my blessing?”, “What if everything doesn’t pan out as the Word has promised?”  Many people dare not to question God’s ability, but often question his willingness to “freely give us all things” (Rom. 8:32).  I believe whether or not you or I believe God is able to do something has any affect on his ability to do what He said He could do.  Whether or not you believe God can do something does not change the fact that He still can!

You see, it’s when you and I start to believe He can do it and He has done it that we start to experience the supernatural things of God!

The next time you pray (which should be soon) about a miracle you are in need of try thanking God for it instead of asking Him for something you have already been given!

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May 11, 2009 / 4:22 pm
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