What are you seeking from the Lord today? The Bible says God loves to give us the desires of our heart, but sometimes God is waiting to see how much we desire it and if we trust Him to meet our desires. Do you really and truly believe God can meet your need, then show it by your actions. Sometimes it is only through perseverance and persistence we obtain our goal.
Let us look at some examples in God's word.
The first would be the woman who was subject to bleeding for twelve years in Mark 5:24-34. Jesus was passing by with a crowd of people around him, pressed up against him. The woman thought if only I could touch his cloak I will be healed. She pressed through the crowd until she was able to reach out and touch his cloak. She was them immediately healed. When Jesus discovered who had done this, he said your faith has healed you. What if the woman had not been determined to touch Jesus? She would have never been healed.
Another example is the paralytic man in Mark 2:1-12. Here Jesus is doing a teaching session in someones home and the room where he was teaching was full and running out of the door. Full to the extent that a person couldn't even squeeze by someone to get to Jesus. Note this was not a healing service. Of course this didn't bother the paralytic man and his four helpers. They were determined to see Jesus and be healed by him. No one or nothing was going to stand in their way. Jesus was in their home town and they weren't going to pass up this opportunity.Therefore, they went onto the roof of the room, dug a hole through the roof and let down the paralytic man on his stretcher to be healed. As we know he was healed. Not only healed, but his sins were forgiven. The man was healed physically and spiritually.
Whatever your need may be today don't let doubt, the crowd or lack of persistence hinder you from receiving what God desires to give you.
Friday, February 3, 2012
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