I’m a believer, always have been. But let me clarify
what I mean by being a believer. As I young child I believed whatever a person
of authority would say to me especially my parents. I thought my parents could
do no wrong and why on earth would I think anyone would purposely mislead me? If
my parents had said the moon was made of cheese I would have believed them,
because they said so. I trusted them. To
my dismay, as I matured I learned not everyone was always as truthful as my parents.
Go figure! I learned to consider the source and weigh information prior to
determining whether or not I should believe it.
Christians are considered believers, believers in the
word of God. When I gave my life to Christ I had a renewed since of belief.
This time my belief was in someone that could not lie. My belief was in God,
for as we read in Hebrews 6:18 it is impossible for God to lie. I believe
everything He says and rightly so. He is the undisputable authority.
In Matthew chapter 8 we read the account of the
centurion who came before Jesus and told him his servant was at home sick from
palsy. Jesus replied to the centurion saying He would go and heal him. The
centurion responded to Jesus saying “but speak the word, only and my servant
shall be healed.” He continued basically saying to Jesus that he too was a man
of authority and as such understands the power of speaking a word with
authority. For he would say to one man come and he would come, to another go
and he would go and to his servant do this and he would do it. In essence he
was saying to Jesus. It’s not necessary for you to go to my servant. Just speak
your word and I know he will be healed. Jesus was marveled at the faith of the
centurion and said to him in verse 18 go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so
be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
I think it’s important for us to recognize the faith
of the centurion as did Jesus. The centurion believed his servant would be
healed because Jesus said he would. God’s spoken word is written throughout the
bible. Because His word has been spoken it is true and can come to pass, it is
faith that causes the manifestation.
The woman with the issue of blood believed if she
touched Jesus’ garment she would be made whole. Jesus recognizing He had been
touched by someone with faith spoke to the woman saying to her thy faith had
made thee whole.
Before slaying Goliath, David was advised by Saul he
wasn’t able to fight the Philistine because he was just a youth and Goliath was
a man from birth, in other words he was saying to him he’s huge, you’re small
and you don’t have a chance. David confidently responded the Lord that
delivered him out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear would deliver
him out of the hand of this Philistine. He believed God would deliver him, and
he did.
Healing, deliverance, peace. Blessings, prosperity and
strength. Everything you need God has already provided and spoken into
existence.
What do the centurion, the woman with the issue of
blood and David all have in common? They all believed in the power of God’s
promises.
Why am I a believer? Because I believe in God’s
promises. His promises for your life and mine were spoken into existence over
2000 years ago and I believe what He said.
Find God’s promise for your life in His word today, trust
in His word and believe that He will bring it to pass…why? It’s simple, because
He said so.
