Why is it so difficult to admit that I HAVE (not MAY have) a problem in the Faith category whenever I struggle with lingering symptoms? Let me use myself for an example--right now. My faith isn't helping me much at the moment since I have been sick for a week! I think it's strep throat or maybe mono. I claim to be a believer--so what's going on here?!
Well, for one thing, believing doesn't occur/reside in my brain, intellectually. I understand that the Word says I AM/WAS healed--I comprehend the mechanics of it--Jesus's stripes for my healing. He healed ALL, He came and healed me, by His stripes, and so on.
But still lingering symptoms. What's up with that?!
Here's MY unadulterated understanding of what's up with that:
So who am I fooling by saying that I'm in Faith, yet possessing these bad symptoms in my body? No one--no one who knows/understands scripture. I'm actually spreading untruth. I'm on the side of anti-truth; anti-christ. If I say that I don't know why this is happening, I lie.
This happens to all of us--we fail. But if we place our eyes on Him/Truth and let go of the bad thoughts so that we can embrace Truth/the Word, and keep our eyes on Him/Jesus/the Word, repetively OBEYING 1 Pet 5:7 and Phil 4:8, back-to-back, over and over, we will have the Healing that we believe; our Faith will be in agreement with God's will.
The mountain will have moved.
What am I missing--can you help me?
Thanks for your help!
Well, for one thing, believing doesn't occur/reside in my brain, intellectually. I understand that the Word says I AM/WAS healed--I comprehend the mechanics of it--Jesus's stripes for my healing. He healed ALL, He came and healed me, by His stripes, and so on.
But still lingering symptoms. What's up with that?!
Here's MY unadulterated understanding of what's up with that:
- Belief resides in the HEART, not the head (intellectual understanding). I can understand scripture all day long (or in this case, all week long), and still not receive my healing effectually.
- Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word. Faith is necessary (our Faith affects the healing that belongs to us, IN us, according to scripture). If I have continued symptoms, I have Faith that is not functioning as I need it to function; as God intended it to function for me.
- My eyes do not need to be on facing (or pointing out) whose fault a lack of manifested healing is, my focus needs to be on Jesus.
So who am I fooling by saying that I'm in Faith, yet possessing these bad symptoms in my body? No one--no one who knows/understands scripture. I'm actually spreading untruth. I'm on the side of anti-truth; anti-christ. If I say that I don't know why this is happening, I lie.
This happens to all of us--we fail. But if we place our eyes on Him/Truth and let go of the bad thoughts so that we can embrace Truth/the Word, and keep our eyes on Him/Jesus/the Word, repetively OBEYING 1 Pet 5:7 and Phil 4:8, back-to-back, over and over, we will have the Healing that we believe; our Faith will be in agreement with God's will.
The mountain will have moved.
What am I missing--can you help me?
Thanks for your help!