If you been living for any significant period of time, you most likely have experienced some type of pain in your body. And many of us, at some point, have taken some type of medication to alleviate the pain. If you have, then you know how to work your faith! Now, you may be asking yourself, “What do painkillers have to do with faith?” Well, let’s take a look at the process, and you will see that there’s not really that much difference.
You have physical, tangible pain in your body, and you want it to go. You have heard, either from a doctor, a friend or family member, or a commercial that a certain medication will get rid of your pain. Based on what you have heard (because you trust the source of the information), you believe that the painkiller will work. So you tell someone (or maybe you just tell yourself), “I’ve got a headache, but I’m going to take this medicine, and it will go away soon.” After making your declaration, you take action by pouring a glass of water, placing the capsule or tablet in your mouth, and swallowing. Not too long after taking the painkiller, your pain has been alleviated, and you go about your merry way.
If you think through this scenario, you used your faith in this situation. Your faith was in the painkiller. Well, really, your faith was in the word of the doctor, friend or commercial. You had no “guarantee” that the medicine would work. All you had was the word of the person who told you it would work. You didn’t even have assurance that the pill you placed in your mouth was actually what you thought you were taking. For all you know, it could have been a sugar pill. But, you believed in your heart (mind), confessed with your mouth, and then acted on what you believed. The result: your pain went away.
The spiritual faith process is the same. First you must hear a Word or a promise from God. Unlike the doctor, friend, or commercial, however, God’s Word is ALWAYS true. Because you trust the Word of God, you believe what He has promised, whatever it may be: healing, prosperity, deliverance, favor. And because you believe God’s Word is true, you declare it with your mouth. It may sound something like this, “1 Peter 2:24 says by Jesus stripes, I am healed. So, pain, I command you to go in Jesus Name, so you must go now!.” Then you act on what you have heard, believed, and confessed, by moving that body part or doing something you couldn’t do before. Where many people get stuck in this process, is if pain doesn’t go away immediately. Now, if you think about it, the painkiller didn’t take the pain away immediately either, but because your faith is so strong in the what you’ve heard about the medication, you keep believing in it, and you keep telling yourself that the pain will leave. We must do the same thing with God’s Word. Even if our healing, or prosperity, or whatever we are believing God for doesn’t manifest immediately, when we are in faith, we will continue to stand on God’s Word. We must not allow unbelief to set in and change our confession. Remember, God never lies, and His Word is always true. Eventually, you will have what you believe you received – when you prayed.
The faith process is not a difficult process. God is not trying to keep anything from us. Jesus has already paid the price for you to receive whatever you need, so all the hard work has already been done. In fact, Psalm 84:11 says, “. . . no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.” Activate the faith process today, and pull those spiritual blessing into the natural today. You CAN do it!
Every year around this time, you can read all types of blogs, social media posts, articles and even watch so-called “documentaries” about what Christmas is really about. You’ll find a number of these commentaries giving information about the pagan roots of December 25th or other ancient winter solstice celebrations, and why Christians shouldn’t celebrate this holiday. While I’ll agree that many of the traditions that do indeed have their roots in paganism, are not in the best interest of a follower of Christ to practice (such as parties centered around drinking and other activities that are not becoming of a believer), I do believe that Christmas is indeed about Christ. But, it’s up to us (Christians) to show the world what the true meaning of this time of year.
