You of Little Faith

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Some of my fellow Christians believe that God will supply all of their needs but not necessarily their wants and desires. I think that this belief reflects a somewhat small view of the generosity of God as reflected in His Word. I believe that the scripture is clear that God wants to bless us much more than we can even imagine. Hebrews 11:6 tells us “But without faith it is impossible to please Him. For he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” God wants us to believe that He is our rewarder. His biggest rebuke to His disciples was “oh you of little faith.” In essence He was asking us why we take so little from Him. God is pleased when we trust in Him and take from His infinite supply.

Jesus’ very first miracle was to turn water into wine. This miracle had nothing to do with meeting a need but was a simply a miracle of luxury. 1 Timothy 6:17 says “Charge those who are rich in this world that they be not haughty, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;” The Amplified says “who richly and ceaselessly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.” Do you hear that? He gives us richly all things for our enjoyment. God told Adam and Eve that, with the one exception, they could freely eat from every tree in the garden. As we mediate on the truths of God’s generosity we will find our faith grow and our capacity of receive grow right along with it.

 

All Things are Mine

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Jesus said unto him, “If thou canst believe, all things [are] possible to him that believeth.” Jesus said some things that are hard to believe. He said that all things are possible to him that believes. He did not say that some things are possible. Do you believe that all things are possible to you? Isn’t the very foundation of faith to believe what the Word of God says even when it seems impossible? Paul said in Romans “He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?” Again we are told to stretch our faith and believe that God will freely give us all things. Since these things are “freely given” then we do not need to do anything to receive them. Peter tells us “According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that [pertain] unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue.” We have already (past tense) been given everything that we need in life. That is why Jesus told us to not worry about anything at all. We can trust is God’s goodness and the veracity of His Word.

In Mark 11 again Jesus tells us that when we pray to believe that we have already received what we are praying for. Why? Because, as believers in Jesus we have already been given all things. Most of us pray as if we don’t already have what we are praying for. It’s as if the thing that we desire is separate from us and we are trying to attract it into our life through prayer. Where is the faith in that? God doesn’t need to be persuaded to bless us. Jesus already paid for all of our blessings on the cross a long time ago. When we pray, have faith that the Word of God is true – regardless of how impossible it looks.

 

 

 

Quantum Physics and Faith

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I believe that the attributes and laws that govern the physical universe parallel those of the spiritual world.  We can gain insight into how the spiritual realm works by observing the physical realm.  God, who is in the spirit realm, spoke the entire physical universe into existence.  Hebrew 11:3 tells us that the worlds were “framed” by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

In physics there is something called the electron quantum leap. I am not a physicist but it is my understanding that as energy is added an electron is forced to a higher orbit.  This jump to a higher orbit is not a gradual movement towards a higher orbit but a sudden jump.  One moment it is in one orbit, the next moment it is suddenly in a higher orbit.

This got me thinking about faith and prayer.  It encouraged me in light of the fact that the laws of the physical universe reflects the laws of the spiritual.  That is why we can be praying in faith for something in our life to change but see no change.  Hebrew 6:12 tells us that we obtain the promises through faith and patience.  Its comforting to know that just because we don’t see any change in our situation that this does not mean that change is not occurring.  The promise from the scripture is that we will obtain what we are praying for through faith and patience.  Do not be looking for incremental change and movement toward our outcome.  Our desire will be fulfilled and our situation will change as suddenly as the electron jumps to the next orbit.