Believe, Receive and Have

 "We walk by faith not by sight"                                               2 Corinthians 5:7     NKJV

We need to live our lives in a manner consistent with our belief in God's promises. 2 Corinthians 5:6 says, 'So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord.' To be absent from the Lord doesn't mean that we are not with Him, we are. Christ is with us spiritually. His physical absence means we do not perceive Him as clearly or as fully as we will in the future, when we are with Him in Heaven.

Until then, we must walk by faith and live it at every moment of every day. We need to avoid the distractions that will come our way. They are hindrances that are sent to take our eyes off the main route we are walking on. Walking by faith helps us to never doubt God. Walking by faith helps us to believe that those things we say, will be done. It means we will have what we say. Walking by faith, helps us to believe, receive and have what we ask for. Mark 11:23-24.

Walking by sight, is a complete opposite. It makes us believe what the doctor has just diagnosed; that awful prognosis that can take all hope away. It gives us a limited vision of whatever God wants for us. Walking by sight, will cause us to make statements such as, 'It can't be done, it's impossible.' It can be done, and nothing is impossible for God. If we believe that things are impossible for God, we might as well throw our bible away, as reading it is a pointless exercise.

Can you see the difference? Walking by sight, flags up all of the problems, all of the 'Yes but's'. 2 Corinthians 4:18 comments on this: 'While we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things that are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.' With God, things are subject to change. He can turn around any bad news and make it good. Bill Winston says,'Don't comment on the problem, just thank Him and declare the solution which you can only see with your spiritual eyes.'

Make it a daily thing to focus on walking by faith. The tide may go out but it will come back in again and today, may be the day when it brings you what you desire. If it doesn't, don't give up, you're closer that you were yesterday.

Copyriight 2021 Grahame Howard

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