Power Of Real Faith

Key Scripture: "And now to the God who is able to do, exceedingly abundantly beyond all that you ask or even think."  Ephesians 3:20

"We walk by faith, not by sight."  2 Corinthians 5:17

Power Point:

Are you praying what you SEE?

     We have so many wonderful promises from Him that we only see in our spiritual hearts for the moment.  If you remember, Abraham had  been promised a son. Many years passed and there was no child for he and Sarah.  If we were able to be a fly on the wall in his prayer time, his prayers may have sounded a bit like this:

"Well, Father, it's been ten years now since You first promised me that I would be a father to many nations. So far, I only have one child and I don't know if You've noticed, but I am getting older and Sarah, well, there doesn't appear to be a lot of life left in those old bones. She's sad and that makes me sad. She's sorry that she laughed.  Did you know that people are laughing at me behind my back?  Are you aware that this is hard?  Did I hear you incorrectly?  Have You changed Your mind? Did I do something wrong?"

     Oh. Sorry. That actually sounds more like one of MY prayers than one of Abraham's prayers.

     Scripture says that "Abraham believed God".  He didn't waiver. I'm pretty sure that means that he didn't come running in to God's presence saying all the things that HE saw and none of what GOD saw and said.  Abraham is the Father of the Faith because when he prayed, he believed God. God heard faith from his lips.

     Remember when Abraham challenged God on Sodom and Gomorrah? Even Lot, (who left a "lot" to be desired in terms of righteousness), was saved by the audacity of Abraham's prayers.

     Abraham didn't consider his own body. He didn't get out of the shower in the morning, look at himself in the mirror and say, "OH NO!"  He didn't fix his eyes on himself, on the impossibilities that were patently obvious. He fixed His eyes on the One who was able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all that he could think to ask.

     When Abraham died, the fruit of the sons of the nations was still unseen. He didn't SEE those sons in the natural but I'm pretty sure that as Isaac sat by his deathbed, they chatted about the all the sons to come. That is what faith does. It does not walk by what it does not see and it does not pray according to what it sees.

     Faith grabs hold of what God sees, and what God has promised.  It SEES the end from the beginning.  Faith may not see the next step on the path but it knows that step is there.

Faith trusts that God will put His foot down so that you can walk in His footsteps.

Faith doesn't pray problems. It doesn't fix its thoughts there. It captures the thoughts of God and holds them firmly in place. Captivated hearts are fixed and set in stone so that what GOD thinks is what fills the mind and heart.

Faith says that there is a problem but that God has promises. Faith sets its heart on the promises and the character of the One Who has promised.

Faith asks for God's wisdom.  
Faith expects answers. 
Faith doesn't take the easy way out by talking about what is going on in the natural. Faith talks about the goodness of God and the exceedingly abundant answers on the way.

Faith declares what God declares.  
Faith believes what God believes.

Faith sees what God sees.

Power Thought:

There is an exceedingly abundant answer in your future. Do you see what God sees there?

Copyright © 2014, Suzanne Roberts, Unpublished Work