By Revd 'Remi Tejumola
Hebrews 10:36
36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
There are 3 key words in the verse above and they are 'patience', 'the will of God' and 'promise'. How are they related?
The last one is also the real thing in the whole passage - the promise. The promise is given by God, and in this promise is the will of God - how to bring the promise to pass in our situation. The fulfillment of the will of God is hinged on your patience that will enable the promise to be fulfilled. The greatest thing about any promise is the one who gave it.
You cannot and should not totally believe human beings, but you must believe God because He is faithful to all of His promises. He has never disappoint anyone - not even once.
So what are we to do - seeing that we have many needs, things that we want to have?
(Am glad you asked.)
Jesus said in Mark 11:24 that, "What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and you shall have them". This promise is like an endorsed blank bank check for you to have any amount of money that you may desire. But if you just gloss over it, as simple as it is, you will miss entirely what Jesus said.
Here is the truth about this verse: The verse is an expression of God's will that shows that He wanted you to have whatever you so desire. Secondly, also in this verse He showed you what to do to bring your desires to reality. He said, "Believe that you receive them WHEN you pray". Notice He didn't say, 'Believe that God is going to do it", neither did He say, "Just believe" or "Believe that God is working on it". No, He didn't say anything like that. He said, "... when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and you shall have them". This means that you are to believe you got exactly what you asked for before you see or feel it (depending on what the thing is - spiritual, physical or material). This is what God requires and expect you to do and it must reflect in the way you speak and act from that point on. The saying, 'Delay is not denial' does not apply where the promise of God is concerned.
If you believe that you received when you prayed for something, then it means you have it then, even though physically it may not have manifested yet. So, it's not been delayed. Then here is where patience comes in. Your patience is what you do in faith because there's a span of time between 'Amen!' and 'There it is!' It may be a second, a minute, an hour, 6 hours, a day or a week, or even more! But once your faith is grounded on what God said, it will come to pass as you believe.
According to the book of Hebrews, "For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise" (Hebrews 10:36).
Acting on Mark 11:24 which is the prayer of faith, you ask for healing for your body, believe that you are immediately healed (even though you may not be feeling that way at the time), and you declare your faith, you will be healed. Example: Father, I asked for the healing of my body and I believe that I have received it now. Thank You for healing me and I am grateful. Thank God, I am healed! When you do this in good faith, your healing would manifest either gradually or instantaneously! That's exactly what happened to me when I did what God said about the kidney stone I had a bout with and got healed. I prayed for over 5hrs and nothing happened until I believed I was healed.
The principle of faith works the same way in every realm of life!
Till next posting, God bless.
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Hebrews 10:36
36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
There are 3 key words in the verse above and they are 'patience', 'the will of God' and 'promise'. How are they related?
The last one is also the real thing in the whole passage - the promise. The promise is given by God, and in this promise is the will of God - how to bring the promise to pass in our situation. The fulfillment of the will of God is hinged on your patience that will enable the promise to be fulfilled. The greatest thing about any promise is the one who gave it.
You cannot and should not totally believe human beings, but you must believe God because He is faithful to all of His promises. He has never disappoint anyone - not even once.
So what are we to do - seeing that we have many needs, things that we want to have?
(Am glad you asked.)
Jesus said in Mark 11:24 that, "What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and you shall have them". This promise is like an endorsed blank bank check for you to have any amount of money that you may desire. But if you just gloss over it, as simple as it is, you will miss entirely what Jesus said.
Here is the truth about this verse: The verse is an expression of God's will that shows that He wanted you to have whatever you so desire. Secondly, also in this verse He showed you what to do to bring your desires to reality. He said, "Believe that you receive them WHEN you pray". Notice He didn't say, 'Believe that God is going to do it", neither did He say, "Just believe" or "Believe that God is working on it". No, He didn't say anything like that. He said, "... when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and you shall have them". This means that you are to believe you got exactly what you asked for before you see or feel it (depending on what the thing is - spiritual, physical or material). This is what God requires and expect you to do and it must reflect in the way you speak and act from that point on. The saying, 'Delay is not denial' does not apply where the promise of God is concerned.
If you believe that you received when you prayed for something, then it means you have it then, even though physically it may not have manifested yet. So, it's not been delayed. Then here is where patience comes in. Your patience is what you do in faith because there's a span of time between 'Amen!' and 'There it is!' It may be a second, a minute, an hour, 6 hours, a day or a week, or even more! But once your faith is grounded on what God said, it will come to pass as you believe.
According to the book of Hebrews, "For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise" (Hebrews 10:36).
Acting on Mark 11:24 which is the prayer of faith, you ask for healing for your body, believe that you are immediately healed (even though you may not be feeling that way at the time), and you declare your faith, you will be healed. Example: Father, I asked for the healing of my body and I believe that I have received it now. Thank You for healing me and I am grateful. Thank God, I am healed! When you do this in good faith, your healing would manifest either gradually or instantaneously! That's exactly what happened to me when I did what God said about the kidney stone I had a bout with and got healed. I prayed for over 5hrs and nothing happened until I believed I was healed.
The principle of faith works the same way in every realm of life!
Till next posting, God bless.
Sent from my iPad 2
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