Faith:
Using what you have to get what you want.
That’s
just my definition of faith from the above sub-title.
How
do you use the little in your hands?
We discussed in the last post how the
captain humbly told Jesus in verse 8b:‘but speak the word and my servant shall be
healed’ - that was purely faith. Authority in humility!
The Centurion was a man under authority
as rightly said in verse 9; He operated authority so he knew what authority was
like. He said further: ‘I say to this man, Go and he goeth; and to
another, Come and he cometh, and to my Servant Do this and he doeth it.
But I want to open our eyes to how he
used what he had learnt or what he had to get what he wanted from Jesus.
The
attitude of using what he had - Authority, to get what he wanted- the healing of his servant was through faith- ‘but speak
the word only’.
How do you use what you
have to get what you want?
What is in your hands?
What do you want from
the Lord?
How do you reconcile
what is in your hands and want you want from the Lord?
How often do you use
your faith??
If
it was to be this age that Jesus himself offered to come ‘speak the word and your
servant be healed’ a lot of us won’t agree. We will only agree that He comes
around, prays for the servant, touches him/her, bath and even feed the servant
plus tell lots of mysterious things and visions to prove He’s Jesus. We forget
most times little things count.
The
scripture said ‘If ye have faith just like the mustard seed…….. You’ll tell the
mountains to move into the seas; (Matthew 17:20 KJV).
Does it now mean that you do not even
have faith all? I have prayed so much about this and that
and it is not coming, I have asked of the least of stuffs for my neighbour from the Lord but He’s not
responded…….. Here lies the answer:
Faith- is using what you have to get
what you want. How?
(a) Jesus Christ fed 5000
with 5 loaves of b read and 2 little fishes (Matthew 14:13-21)
(b)
Elijah
and that Widow; the little oil in the jar paid the whole debt (II Kings 4:3-6)
(c)
Moses
used the Rod in his hand to part the Red sea (Exodus 14:16) and many more.
What I am saying is faith without works
is dead (James 2:26 KJV).
You must learn the art of using what you
have in your hands to pursue/get what you want through prayers.
Faith is not that attitude that prays folding
his/her hands and expecting God to do the whole drama -
He’s not a magician,
He’s God!
I should have stopped posting all of
this write-up ever since January 04, 2016 but I will never allow that happen.
In the absence of a PC, I blog from my mobile; limited in the things I can do
mobile wise…. I keep on blogging in faith!
There
is something you have been asking the Lord for that you and you alone have the
response to.
Whatever is in your life is not for fun!
Some
of us even like the Centurion have great authority in Christ Jesus, but we fail
to use it to amaze the Lord. We now become beggars.
I
have come to discover that anything in your life that you refuse to use will be
taken away from you (Matthew 13:12,
14:25 KJV).
Remember
the parable of the talents? Anything that is not of faith is sin. (Romans 14:23)
Use
your faith; amaze Jesus with what’s in your hand. He’s a miracle working God!
Let us pray: As we come to the
conclusion of the series; how do you amaze Jesus? I pray us all the grace to
practise love, through prayers, humility and faith. By the Grace of God you’ll have no choice than to share a testimony with me soonest in Jesus
name. Amen!
Remain
blessed.