Believe to Receive

In the scripture Mark 11:24 NKJV where God says,

“Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them”

I think we take that in and expect something physical.

We expect to get something tangible in the process, but I think God is bigger than that.

He doesn't think like we do.

He knows that transforming our mind is more powerful than winning the lotto.

Spiritual riches outweigh physical riches so much so,

that if we knew just how much,

we would only seek to gather the spiritual ones.

But gaining those spiritual riches are not always comfortable for us in the physical sense, so we instead seek the things of this world that DO comfort us.....comfort for our bodies, and for our minds.....because even if it is just for a short time, that seems like an oasis to us in our complicated drama filled lives.

It goes back to what control we FEEL that we have, and wanting to grasp onto that for dear life.

The irony of that is that if we embraced what God wanted to take us through,

no matter how uncomfortable that is physically,

we would be transforming our minds,

and in that transformation,

we would gain an inner peace that would surpass any momentary physical pleasure we could ever experience

and further more...

it is a gift that keeps on giving, a permanent altering of our inner core that God will build upon to bring us closer and closer to PEACE!

peace that surpasses understanding

peacefulness in that we will not walk in worry or fear

or make choices out of insecurity or defensiveness

or envy or hoard or steal

the more peace

the more you can operate out of the gifts that were clearly given to you

so that you can be the blessing

the obvious messenger

that shines with love and hope

that encourages and lifts up

another in need

another hurting or lost

or tangled up in a way

that help is necessary

you were purposed at this time

in this place

to be the hands and the feet

for the one who saves

a willing vessel

with a specific gift for reaching that certain person

in a certain place

and no one could say it the way you will say it

no one can relate the way you can relate

going through what you have

enduring what you've endured

surviving what you have survived

you understand in a way

that someone else could not

and in that moment of relating

your struggle is purposed

your pain is not all loss

God took you through

and when you came out of it on the other side

He handed you a testimony

and your story of survival

becomes a message of hope

a silver lining you can actually testify to

a tone of voice that convinces with it's belief

having walked through it personally

and having survived

and in knowing
the comfort of God during
that it is pure victory!


~C