WHEN YOU BELIEVE, YOU RECEIVE
Now faith is the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things not
seen (Hebrews 11:1).
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To believe is to act your faith; believing is the
action of faith. Faith itself is the response of the
human spirit to the Word of God, and that response
is evidence. When you act your faith (believe), you
receive and it’s endorsed; you no longer require further
evidence.
It’s like the judgment that’s given in a court of
law on the basis of evidence produced. Once the
judgment is passed, you don’t have to come again
with further evidence; the evidence has been accepted
and that’s why the judgment was made. Likewise,
when you believe, you’ve judged whatever it is that
you’ve believed to be true, and as a result, something
happens: you receive! We don’t believe for nothing;
the believer is a “haver.”
For example, the Bible says, “He that believeth
on the Son hath everlasting life…” (John 3:36). When
you believed in Jesus Christ, you received eternal life:
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me
hath everlasting life” (John 6:47). That’s why John said,
“These things have I written unto you that believe on
the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that
ye have eternal life…” (1 John 5:13).
Eternal life isn’t a hope in the Sweet By-and-By;
something you’re waiting on God to make happen
for you; no! You got it when you believed; it’s your
present-hour possession. Let’s examine Mark 11:24
in the same light; it says, “Therefore I say unto you,
What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe
that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.” It’s not
when you hold what you desire in your hands or see
it with your physical eyes that you know you have it;
your spirit took possession at the time you prayed in
faith and believed that you got it. Hallelujah!
PRAYER
Dear heavenly Father, I thank you for imparting faith
into my spirit. I’m a possessor of eternal life. That
life in me destroys, paralyses, and renders ineffective
the works of the devil in my life, family, finances and
business. The divine life of God flows through my
being. Hallelujah!
FURTHER S TUDY:
John 17:1-3; 1 John 5:11-12