Believe

When we align our thoughts and our minds with God’s promises we align ourselves with not our own wishes but with God’s plan and purpose. His Will.

We believe the promises regardless of what we see. When we believe in what we cannot see we become enabled to be used for His greater good.

This is how we bring Heaven to earth!

We are His children and we don’t have to see evidence. We believe in His truth and promises! His promises anchor our minds to truth no matter what we are walking through in life. They sustain us and protect us.

Once upon a time I was a teenager in an algebra class taught by a coach. At a point in that time I was frustrated trying to understand and make sense of algebra in general but that day with a specific problem. I didn’t understand the equation and was deeply bothered at the basic fact that a letter equaled a number. I kept asking, “but, WHY?” My coach said, “it just DOES, there is no WHY? You can’t ask WHY!”

Basically I just had to understand that a letter DID equal a number and if I accepted THAT I could solve the equation.

That coach being a little frustrated at me is burned into my memory. Also the fact that I have a need for logic.

Nothing about God and His promises are logical. If nothing is impossible for Him then His ways supersede our logical minds. We have to trust and believe even when it doesn’t seem logical. Things are seldom as they seem.

So we have FAITH. We stand on the TRUTH we are choosing to believe in but do not SEE how it’s going to work.

I just trust that if I BELIEVE His promise it true, my thoughts about that truth and about Him are leading me in His WILL for my life. It may not be the outcome I was hoping for. It’s not MY Will but HIS will.

He never fails. He never loses. What happens in our lives on earth we may never make sense of. But one thing we can bank on is that He loves us. And we will bare the amazing fruit of His Spirit if we fully trust, obey, and follow Him.

Abraham trusted Gods promise before he saw anything come to pass. In fact some things he NEVER saw but because of his trust in the promise WE are still living out. He was a willing vessel for God’s will to flow through. The promise superseded him! His belief and trust to believe what he couldn’t see caused Heaven to move on this earth. He believed and obeyed therefore he caused God’s will to be done through His life. Promises keep us safe. They keep our minds safe and our hearts pure. But we can never use them to manipulate and have our own way. No way is better than God’s.

What our posture should be is, “God I believe in your promise so much that I know believing and living it is doing something so profound for your Kingdom even when I can’t see it or might not EVER see it come to pass. My faith is large and I trust in your perfect plan.” BELIEVE it! Make it yours!

Trust in His promise like your livelihood depends on it, because it does. When we dwell in Him His word protects us and leads us. His promises anchor our thought life. And His word brings LIFE to our bones.

We believe even though we do not see. This is faith.