Some people say faith will move
mountains. But, the scriptural truth is, faith won't even move a molehill for
you unless you release it with the words of your mouth.
The Lord
Jesus told us that "Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou
removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but
shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he
shall have whatsoever he saith," (Mark
11:23). Notice the word say appears three times in
that verse while the word believe appears only once. Obviously, Jesus
wanted us to know that our words are crucial.
It's also important to note that He
did not instruct us to talk about the mountain, He instructed us to talk
to it! If we're going to obey Him, we must talk to the mountain of
sickness and cast it out of our lives. The Lord told Charles Capps, I have
told My people they can have what they say, but they are saying what they have!
Instead of saying, "I'm healed," most Christians say, "I'm
sick," and reinforce the sickness or disease.
"But, Gloria, it bothers me to
say I'm healed when my body still feels sick!"
It
shouldn't. It didn't bother Abraham. He went around calling himself the Father
of Nations for years even though he was as childless as could be. Why did he do
it? Because "he believed...God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those
things which be not as though they were" (Romans
4:17). He was "fully persuaded that, what [God] had
promised, he was able also to perform" (verse 21).
You see, Abraham wasn't
"trying" to believe God. He wasn't just mentally assenting to it. He
had immersed himself in God's Word until that Word was more real to him than
the things he could see. It didn't matter to him that he was 100 years old. It
didn't matter to him that Sarah was far past the age of childbearing and that
she had been barren all her life. All that mattered to him was what God said,
because he knew His Word was true.
If you
don't have that kind of faith for healing right now, then stay in the Word
until you get it! After all, "faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the
word of God" (Romans
10:17). Read, study, meditate, listen to tapes, watch
videos of good, faith-filled teaching, and watch our weekly and daily
television broadcast EVERY DAY until God's Word about healing is more real to
you than the symptoms in your body. Keep on keeping on until, like Abraham, you
stagger not at the promise of God through unbelief, but grow strong in faith as
you give praise and glory to God (Romans
4:20, The Amplified Bible).
Having Done All...Stand!
As you put God's prescription for
health to work in your life, don't be discouraged if you don't see immediate
results. Although many times healing comes instantly, there also are times when
it takes place more gradually.
So don't let lingering symptoms cause
you to doubt. After all, when you go to the doctor, you don't always feel
better right away. The medication he gives you often takes some time before it
begins to work. But you don't allow the delay to discourage you. You just
follow the doctor's orders and expect to feel better soon. Really you are
"treating" your spirit that is the source of supernatural life and
health for your physical body.
Release that same kind of confidence
in God's medicine. Realize that the moment you begin to take it, the healing
process begins. Keep your expectancy high and make up your mind to continue
standing on the Word until you can see and feel the total physical effects of
God's healing power.
When the
devil whispers words of doubt and unbelief to you, when he suggests that the
Word is not working, deal with those thoughts immediately. Cast them down (see II Corinthians 10:5). Speak
out loud if necessary and say, "Devil, I rebuke you. I bind you from my
mind. I will not believe your lies. God has sent His Word to heal me, and His
Word never fails. That Word went to work in my body the instant I believed it,
so as far as I am concerned, my days of sickness are over. I declare that Jesus
bore my sickness, weakness and pain, and I am forever free."
Then,
"having done all to stand, stand" until your healing is fully
manifested (see Ephesians
6:12-14). Steadfastly hold your ground. Don't waver. For
as James 1:6-8 says, "...He
that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.... Let
not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord. A double minded
man is unstable in all his ways."
Above all,
keep your attention trained on the Word--not on lingering symptoms. Be like
Abraham who "considered not his own body" (Romans
4:19). Instead of focusing on your circumstances, focus
on what God has said to you.
Develop an inner image of yourself
with your healing fully manifested. See yourself well. See yourself whole. See
yourself healed in every way.
Since what you keep before your eyes
and in your ears determines what you will believe in your heart and what you
will act on, make the Word your number one priority. Keep taking God's medicine
as directed and trust the Great Physician to do His wonderful healing work in
you!
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