ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH HIM WHO BELIEVES!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

MONDAY APRIL 03, 2023.

SUBJECT:  ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH HIM WHO BELIEVES!

Memory verse:  "Jesus said to him, If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes." (Mark 9 vs 23.)

READ:  Mark 11 vs 22 - 25:

11:22: So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God.

11:23: For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.

11:24: Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you have then, and you will have them.

11:25: And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you Your trespasses.

INTIMATION:

Who is the believer whom nothing is impossible with, and always possesses the confession of his mouth? This is the believer who has faith in God, and continually “believes” Him without any iota of doubt, and also in right standing with Him. 

Note Jesus’ remark in our memory verse; “...all things are possible to him who believes.” Notice that the word 'believes' is a present-continuous tense. It is not that all things are possible to him who 'believe'. The believing is continuous, and ought to be so, because the Word of God is in the now and living. It is like the author; ‘Eternal, and Unchanging.’

You don't believe today, and tomorrow be filled with doubt. You can't believe now, and later begin to doubt. James called this a wavering faith; "But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man, suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways" (James 1 vs 6 - 8). 

Doubt is the opposite of faith. You have faith when you decide to take God for His Word. You doubt when you decide not to take God for His Word, or you fail to make a decision to take God's Word for the matter in question. Our faith in God and His Word must not waver, and must remain firm, no matter how frightened or unsure we may feel about the outcome of the matter.

It is common amongst us to see and then believe, like doubting Thomas (John 20 vs 25). God's way is to believe and then see. The Bible says that God "calls those things which do not exist as though they did" (Romans 4 vs 17). And, "Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed" (John 20 vs 29). Look at the instructions of Jesus in the passages we read today: First; "Have faith in God." Without faith we can't please Him, knowing that if you come to Him, you must believe He is what He said He is, and that His reward is with those who seek Him diligently (See Hebrews 11 vs 6). 

Second; You have to believe in your heart that what you say will come to pass. It is only what you believe in your heart that you speak out in faith, and it is only with the believer with conc faith in Christ that nothing is impossible with.

Third; You must speak out your believe. It is only in confessing your faith—your believe, that you receive from Him. It is whatever you have spoken in His hearing, that He will do for you (See Numbers 14 vs 26).

Many people think that they need "great faith" in order to have their words work miracles. This is not what Jesus taught in the Scripture. However, He said, "If you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you" (Matthew 17 vs 20). Therefore, put your faith into action by speaking it out, then the grace of God—the power of God (not your faith) will swing into action.

Some people become discouraged when they speak and did not receive immediately. Though, the outcome may or may not be immediate but it is sure to come provided you are in right standing with God, and have asked according to His Will. Take a cue from the following; Jesus cursed the fig tree in Mark 11 vs 14, "Let no man eat fruit from you ever again." It was the following morning that the disciples saw that the fig tree that He cursed the previous day has dried up from the roots (See Mark 11 vs 20). In another scenario, when Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, He called him to come forth, and he who had died came out immediately. (See John 11 vs 43 - 44).

Finally, the other qualifying condition is your having the right motives in prayer. When you do not have the right motives, you receive nothing. It is only with the right motives in prayer that you can bring the power of spoken faith in the Word into action. To have the right motives, you must; (1) not hold a grudge against another person (Mark 11 vs 25); (2) you must not pray with selfish interest; (3) your request must be for the good of God's kingdom; (4) you must have faith in God and His Word, not faith in the object of your request.

Prayer: Abba Father, my trust is in You who made heaven and the earth. I know it is only what I say in faith that You have promised I will have. The Word of faith is in my mouth and in my heart. Give me the grace to continually speak out my conc faith, and Your word, that I may have what I say, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!