Hello all, I hope you are doing well today. Faith. What is it? How do we develop it in our lives? Hebrews 11:1; Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Faith is always "NOW". Faith overrides time. In Gen 5:21 It talks about Enoch was taken by God, for God took him. If you couple this scripture with Hebrews 11:5, you'll see that Enoch walked by faith. In Genesis 5:23-24 it tells you that Enoch was 365 years old, and God took him. If you'll notice that Enoch didn't die. His faith caused him to leap over time and thus defying death altogether. You mean to tell me that out of all the generations from Adam to Noah, Enoch was the only one walking by faith?
Sight is the enemy of faith. It is impossible to walk by faith and by sight at the same time[2nd Cor 5:7. When we talk about sight, this is in reference to your 5 senses[taste touch hearing smell sight] Faith cannot be felt, it has to be perceived. Roman 10:17 says that faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. Faith is not in your head, faith is in your heart. Faith doesn't come by quoting scripture; scripture doesn't become word, until it gets in your heart.
Most Christians never make it that far. Faith comes by hearing; faith doesn't come by what you heard, it comes by what you hear. If you heard it , it won't do you any good, you must " HEAR" it. This means that you must repeat what you have heard. When you repeat it, then you hear it.
When do you hear it? You hear it Now!
Faith works the best when you are in your assignment. Luke 7:2 talks about a centurion soldier
who had a servant who was sick. Read all of the story, and right at the end of it, Jesus said this" I have not seen so great faith, no not in Isreal"! You know why the soldier had great faith? Because he operated it inside of his assignment. many Christians try to work a job and not an assignment, and as a result, their faith is not at the level that it should be. At my assignment,
I interview clients who have fallen upon hard times. I fill out paperwork to qualify them to get food and clothing. As a result of operating in my assignment, I can work my faith to offer ecouragement and edification. Let me explain; I was interviewing a man and his wife, he had just lost his job, and was worried about the future. As I sit there and we go through the interview process, The Lord starts talking to me about this man. He tells me that this man is good with woodworking. So I said" Your gift is working with wood". His eyes got big a silver dollars and he asked me " How did you know that"? I told him that the Holy spirit told me.
Then The Lord told me that the man was dealing with deep depression. I talked to him about that too. He was astonished that I was telling him that. If he didn't belive in God then, he certainly does now. Faith will allow you to absolutely, positively, abundantly do the impossible. I wish I had time to tell you about all the things God has done in peoples lives since i've been there. I am grateful that He uses me to manifest His glory in that place.
In 2cor 4:18 ] While we look not on the things that are seen, but the things that are not seen.
Faith requires that your focus is on the unseen. As long as you are focused on what you can see, you are not in faith. How do we get your faith up and running, so you can get a manifestation of what you are needing or wanting in this life?
Lets move on to Hebrews 11:3 . there are 2 things I want you to observe.
1. Through faith: I can compare this to someone wearing a pair of glasses. everything that is not viewed through these glasses is blurry, not clear, not completely visible, or a distorted image.
All things must be viewed "through faith" in order for you to see the truth.
2. By faith: the just shall live by faith ; faith is like having a close friend or companion with you through everything you go through. The Holy Ghost will lead, guide and provide comfort for you, but without faith, you can't even hear Him.
Lets deal with a word shall we? the word is "FRAME"Heb 11:3]. Everything that enters this earth realm, must enter by means of a frame. Adams wife was taken from his rib. in other words, God pulled her out of adams' "FRAME". Mans hands frame nothing, Words do. Anything seen exist because of a frame. In Gen 1, the earth had no form and was void. There was an earth but it had no "FRAME". In the natural realm, we take a picture and put it in a frame, why? So we can see it when we get ready. Pictures are nothing more than images or derived from someones imagination. Think about this, God made man in His own "IMAGE" or " I'M AGE", man was birthed out of Gods imagination. He took man and put him in a frame called Adam. Everything in the earth that is framed was also named. When A building is demolished, the materials you see on the ground are in the seen realm, but the plans and frame will always be in the mind of the architect. What you see is not frame, The spirit provides the frame, you provide the image.
When You are working your faith, you need a "FRAME OF REFERENCE". Let me explain; A few years ago, I was believing God for a toyota Avalon. To this day It is still my favorite car. Once I start on the journey towards obatining that car, Then it is the Holy Ghost job to manifest the "frame". My wife and I would be driving down the road and we would see toyota avalons everywhere. I would go walking through the neigborhood and guess what I would see? My wife and I would be at the grocery store and guess what was parked on either side of the car and behinds us? Yes you guessed it! The Holy ghost provided the frame so I could hang the picture in my eyes, ears and heart. We had looked for the avalons online ,in newspapers. We found some, but there was no "yes" in my spirit. A few days later, I was on the job and I had to go to Roanoke VA for a delivery. As I entered into the city, there was a tan 2002 toyota avalon parked a place of business. The Lord said" Get out and walk around it". I know that who ever reads this blog might think i'm crazy for saying that, but faith will never make sense to your natural mind, your intellect can't take you into the realm called faith. I walked around it and that was all. I drove on. The next week I'm back in Roanoke VA, and He tells me to stop and walk around it again, so it did. Next, The Lord said" call the # and ask them to drop the price by 1000.00. They did, and my wife and I took that car home the following saturday. It makes no difference where your "stuff" is. It can be in another state, but if it has your name on it, God will see to it that it gets into your hands. Think about this: God had someone drive their avalon around town at the same time I was looking for one, so I could get a picture and He could provide the frame. Jesus knew I wanted an avalon before I was born, so He set up the conditions wherby I could obtain it.
What r u doing with your faith? The wonderful thing about a map, is that you can plot a course to where you are going, as longs as you know where you are. A GPS doesn't need to know where you are, in order to plot a course to where you are going. Thats fine, but its programming people not to be concerened about where they are, so when they use their faith, it doesn't work. You must find out where you are b4 you plot a course with your faith. I welcome your response
Friday, September 17, 2010
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