Okay...so sometimes the Word of God just comes alive to you. Have you had this experience? Sometimes you'll just be walking along. My experience is you have to try to meditate on the Word cause certainly our world is not living it. So you've got to will it into your life, invite it in. So once you decide..."I'm going to think about God's principles"...I've found that at times, something will just strike you and it's like a secret is revealed to you. Miraculously, you've got clarity on the thing you've been struggling with or you're instantly at peace because you found the key! You know how to get yourself out of the prison or the chains and locks that have kept you confused or bound or just made you plain exhausted from fighting against them. But you've been fighting so much because you instinctively know this is not how it is supposed to be. You've sensed that deep inside something is missing and you've been longing and searching for that truth that will unlock the gate from which peace flows.
So simply...the Bible holds ALL those truths. Life as a follower of Christ is a continual truth excavation. You get restless, don't know what you're longing for...but one day God opens the skies of mercy and shows you what that verse means. You've read it 90 times or maybe you've even meditated on it and mantra-ed it every day. But there comes a day when you get it and that makes all the difference to your journey.
About 30 minutes ago. I laid my head down on my desk (my awesome God-gift desk) and was just like, "Why don't I get this?" And I remembered this verse:
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
That's a particular translation and is, in fact, not the translation I own. I knew it was Hebrews 11 that God was speaking to me from...but my Bible doesn't say it like this. So I had to look online. And it was exactly written as I had heard it in my head. (No, I am not hearing voices.) Okay...there it is. What struck me funny is...the word evidence. Do you know how many sermons I have sat through in my life about this verse? And it never once clicked with me until just now.
Things not seen. I've been thinking about that a lot lately. I've been teaching on it some too. About how there are spiritual realities that exist and that are waiting to manifest in the physical realm. Prayer is what makes those things manifest. But...how are we to know what God wants to happen in this physical world when we can't see the spiritual? I have felt so lost on this subject. How do I know what to pray for? How do I know I am not praying outside of God's will? How do I know that I am not wasting my time in my thought life?
Evidence. There IS evidence of spiritual realities, which we cannot see. That evidence is faith. If faith exists (and lasts) then it is evidence. The Bible says so. And I take God at his word. This is a great revelation.
So I ask myself: Do I honestly have faith about the things I've been praying about? If not, why am I praying that way? Is it my will or God's will that is trying to set things in motion? If it's God's will, then it already exists in the spiritual realm. As in God has already thought of it, is in favor of it and desires to see it happen here in our physical realm.
Okay perfect example: My dad. I've got this overwhelming peace that he is going to be okay. In fact, there have been days and continue to be days where I will think they won't even need to take his bladder. These passing thoughts have so given me peace that I believe them to be true and working themselves out right now. My anxiety about his health has passed. My worries are gone. I have faith he is going to be fine. The Bible says that is evidence of things not seen. And that, my friends, is AMAZING!
Now...to walk this out in everything. To ask myself, do I have honest faith? If so, pray into it until the peace comes. And then wait for God to make physical what he created. What a beautiful Savior! What a wonderful God!
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