In the New Testament story of the Roman centurion (Matthew 8:5-13) we have a model for our belief that we can use today. This centurion came to Jesus beseeching him to heal his servant. Jesus volunteered to go to the centurion's home and heal the servant. The Roman centurion replied by saying, "speak the Word and my servant will be healed." The centurion believed his servant would be healed by the Word of Christ. When Jesus heard it, he marvelled at the centurion's faith and said to His followers, "I have not found so great faith in all of Israel." Then Jesus said to the centurion, "As thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee." The centurion's servant was healed in the same hour.
John 14:12-14 says, "I tell you the truth. The person that believes in me will do the same things I have done. Yes! He will do even greater things than I have done. Why? Because I am going to the Father. And if you ask for anything in my name, I will do it for you. Then the Father's glory will be shown through the Son. If you ask me for anything in my name, I will do it." What does all that mean? In a literal sense it means that if we have a true belief that we have ALREADY RECEIVED ANYTHING that we ask for in the name of Christ, having gone unto the Father through the Son, the Father will show His glory and do it for us. How many of us have that kind of belief? We all can and should. Shame on us for our unbelief!
We can be fully alive every day of our life from the bottom of our feet to the crown of our head. Do we feel that we are barely living? Are we expressing illness or poverty in our life? This is a reflection of our own belief and we can change our belief. We can transform our thoughts and we can renew our mind, Romans 12:2. We can believe in a healthy body, a joyful life, a generous bank account. Other people are expressing these things right now because of their belief, and we can too.
Does this all sound too good to be true? It sounds too good to be true because we think we live in a "material world" and as Madonna put it we think, "I am a material girl." But are we just in a material world, and are we just a material woman or man? If we will study the Spirit that gives each of us life, we shall find that as Luke 17:21 (as Jesus' words are correctly translated from the original Scripture) says, "the Kingdom of God is inside of you." We need only do as the Psalmist says (Psalm 46: 10) and, "Be still and know that I am God." We need only get quiet for a time every day and go unto the Father. By going into the quietness and the stillness of the Kingdom of God inside of us every day we shall discover a secret that shall give us whatever it is we desire. If we will but study the silence of the Spirit within us and quiet the noise of the material world without us, we shall discover the limitless power of God.
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