The right faith ............. Everyone on earth, either saved or unsaved has a natural human faith. For example, people everywhere have faith that when they sit in a chair it will support their weight. But Hebrews 11:1 speaks of a different king of faith, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” It is talking about scriptural faith; a faith that believes with the heart in spite of what physical senses or circumstances may say. Many people will agree that the Bible is true, but they are agreeing only with their minds. That is mental assent and it is not what gets the job done. It takes heart faith to receive from God. Mental assent says, “I know God’s Word is true. I know God has provided healing (or some other blessing), but for some reason I can’t get it; I can’t understand it.” However, real faith says, “If God’s Word says it’s true, then it’s true. It is mine, and I have it now. I have it now even though I can’t see it because God Cannot Lie.” Proverbs 4:20,21 tells us how to develop this kind of stability in God’s Word, “My son, attend to my Words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.” Many people fail because they allow the Word of God to depart from before their eyes. Instead of seeing themselves as God’s Word says they are, they keep looking at the wrong things. They keep looking at the conditions, at the symptoms, at themselves and so they walk in unbelief and destroy the effects of their faith. Or they listen to others around them instead of listening to God’s Word, and they allow the Word to depart out of their heart. Immerse yourself in the Word. Get your mind on the answer. See yourself as having received. Constantly affirm, even in the face of contradictory circumstances, that God has heard your prayer because the Word says so. That is when you will see results.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 08:48:32 +0000
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