4:19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb: 4:20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; Some people believe that to have faith is to deny the negative situation they are experiencing. To them, faith means if they felt symptoms of fever for example, tthey should say,"i don't have fever". That's not faith. Faith is not the denial of the facts, but it is denying those facts the ability or authority to control the circumstances of your existence. faith means even though you "feel" the fever, you refuse to allow it knock you down; you say, "i was healed two thousand years ago and still healed now. Fever, get out of my body in the name of Jesus!" Can you see the difference? one man is denying the facts, but the other is overriding the facts with the word of God! When David confronted Goliath, he didn't deny that he was facing a giant. He didn't say, "theres's no giant threatening Israel", if he had done that, Goliath would have whipped him. He saw the giant, but whereas everybody else focused on the size of the giant, David only gave consideration to the truth that he was in covenant with Jehova 17:45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. He prevailed over the giant bc he overrode the fact with the greater truth of God's word. I remeber a beautiful testimony from one of our pastors. She had gone for a certain job interview and when se got there, she was told that the interview was over and the candidates needed for the job had already been shortlisted. Actually, she hadn't even been invited for the interview! But before she went, she had been praying and had received a rhema-word to go there. stunned at her boldness, the panelists invited her in for an interview and she got the job! That's faith. She didn't get there saying,"i confess that the interview isn't over in Jesus name" She overrode the fact with the rhema-word she had received. So, quit thinking faith is all about denying facts or pretending to have what you don't actually have. Faith is calling real what God has said about you and therefore acting that way. PRAYER Dear father, thank you for teaching me today about faith. I can see now that to have faith is not to deny the facts, but to override those facts with your word! I declare that my faith is alive and producing results a s a result of what i have learnt today in the name of Jesus, amen. |
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