The last couple of days I've had that song “When You
Believe,” by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston floating in my head. I kept
humming it all day and thought, Lord, "Yes...Lord. When we believe anything is truly possible!"
Many years ago, my husband and I were moving from California to Florida. We were not in the best emotional or spiritual condition at the time and I had been very distressed. All of a sudden we passed a large billboard that said, "Miracles Still Happen," Psalm 46:1. That night we took an unexpected detour off our intended route to stay at a hotel in Texas. As we got into the room, we noticed a Bible laying open on the table. It was opened to Psalm 46. A few days later, as we got to our destination in Florida, we had on the local Christian radio station. A song came on and it was the words to Psalm 46! Well, we dropped everything and raced over to this church that was live on the air. As we opened the doors to the sanctuary, we were blown away by the incredible worship, dancers and banners. It was almost like sensory overload and it felt like a little taste of heaven. It was so refreshing and just what we needed. God was showing us that He was leading us. He was very much involved in our circumstances and He wanted to encourage us. He wanted to open our eyes to see that He was with us!
Our Father is so loving. He cares for what hurts our heart and robs us of joy and hope. He doesn't want us to be full of fear or insecurity, and He doesn't want us to wonder if He is with us or not. YES, He is there - do not fear! I don’t know what you are praying for today, but I wanted
to encourage you to take the limits off!
How often we allow anxiety to speak louder than faith. Just
because you haven’t received the full manifestation of what you’ve prayed for
doesn’t mean God has said “no.” All His promises are yes and amen! Did Jesus
not say that we would see miracles if we would believe?
Miracles happen when you believe. Sometimes we
confuse hope with actual faith. They are not the same. We need hope to lead us into faith. If you believe, you have
trust, and trust does not waiver in fear. Trust is not double minded. Trust is
confident assurance in the One in whom our confidence is placed. Sometimes we
forget our confidence is not supposed to be in things like the government, our
employer, our insurance company, doctors, or ourselves. We get them mixed up
because we tend to turn to those things for solutions to our problems. Doing
that has the potential to take God off the throne and put something or someone
else in its place. If our anchor of hope is in the wrong thing, what we feel is
double mindedness, anxiety and insecurity over the situation.
Negative circumstances, whatever they are, take time to
reverse. Every prayer, every declaration helps turn the course of the
situation. Sometimes we have misplaced our faith and actually put our
faith in ourselves or others, as if they are responsible for turning the
situation. If fear is the spirit at work, people can often try to resort to manipulation and control. God does not need our help as such, and often our best efforts to ‘help God,’ keeps Him from being able to work. Friend, if you need a God intervention, then give Him room to work. The situation is not yours! Jesus died for it. It belongs to Him. Do you need
to give something back? Perhaps it is time to take inventory. If faith is in
the wrong thing, fear will over ride your thoughts. Our faith must be in Christ alone. Turning the situation is
GOD’s JOB. Not ours. Put fear in check. Start thanking Him for turning the
situation around.
Praise Him for turning complacency into commitment. Thank
Him for turning that rebel into a reformer. Thank Him that illness and disease
are repelled and healing manifests according to His word. (Did you know illness
and disease can’t attach to the anointing? Anything with death attached to it
must die!). Thank Him that your needs are met according to Psalm 23:1. Thank
Him that He is faithful to watch over His word to perform it. HIS WORD. He is
faithful to perform HIS WORD. Not ours. Declare HIS WORD over that
troublesome situation!
Faith comes by hearing, and hearing the word of God.
Faith kicks into a higher level when we declare His Word because HIS WORD never
returns without an answer! (Read Is. 55:11). WHEN YOU BELIEVE… WHEN YOUR FAITH IS IN THE
PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST – His faithfulness, His character, His integrity…then
you shall have what you have asked for in prayer. All things are possible to
those that believe!
Here is the link to that wonderful and very powerful song "When You Believe," by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. What a beautiful way to encourage your faith today!
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