As we have discussed in previous messages, there will most likely be a process in receiving the manifestation of your healing.
Process (Dictionary) – a series of actions or steps taken to achieve a particular end.
- This process could be more appropriately named “the good fight of faith.”
1 Timothy 6:12 | NKJV (12) Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
Because it is a process there will be an opportunity for you to quit and give up.
We need to understand this process so that we can walk through the process.
Although he specifically mentions eternal life, the same is applicable to whatever you are believing for.
“Lay hold” – (GREEK) – to seize, catch, or take hold of.
- The good fight of faith is a fight where you hold on to something and a fight where you say something.
The enemy is going to try and get you to let go of it and not to say it.
Abraham is our model of the good fight of faith.
Romans 4:11-12 | NKJV (11) And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they are uncircumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also, (12) and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had while still uncircumcised.
We must follow the steps of faith that God took Abraham through to receive the results.
Romans 4:16-21 | NKJV (16) Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all (17) (as it is written, “I HAVE MADE YOU A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS”) in the presence of Him whom he believed–God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did; (18) who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, “SO SHALL YOUR DESCENDANTS BE.” (19) And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. (20) He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, (21) and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.
Abraham’s Steps of Faith Are:
- Abraham believed what God had promised him. (v.18)
Abraham simply believed that what God said was true and he could base his life on it.
All Abraham had to go on was what God has said.
- Abraham did not allow himself to be deterred because he was in a hopeless situation. (v.18)
Romans 4:18 | NLT (18) Even when there was no reason for hope, Abraham kept hoping–believing that he would become the father of many nations. For God had said to him, “That’s how many descendants you will have!”
Hope = Expectation
- Abraham cooperated and flowed with the process.
The power is released, and nothing happens that we can see. We have this idea that when God releases His power, something spectacular happens in the seen realm.
God did it in the life of Abraham; it was a process.
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- God works just as much in the gradual things as He does in the big bangs.
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- Abraham did not dwell on how God was going to do this. That is being weak in faith. (v. 19-20)
That is trying to do God’s job. Worrying will never bring you to a point of solution. Those things belong to the Lord and are above your pay grade.
Instead, Abraham gave glory to God. When you give glory to God, you are making progress. You are taking steps forward.
- Abraham was fully convinced in his heart and mind. (v 21)
Abraham convinced himself by the words that he spoke and what he focused on.
Nobody can persuade you like you can. You have the God-given power to persuade yourself.
Mark 11:22-23 | NKJV (22) So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. (23) For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.
Did you notice that Jesus said in verse 23, if a person confesses something “and shall not doubt in his heart” – in other words, if he believes the words he is speaking with his mouth – he will have exactly what he says.
The word “doubt” is from the Greek word diakrinomai, which means to hesitate, to waver, to doubt, or to differ.
In context, Jesus is saying that when a person’s heart doesn’t differ from what his mouth is saying, the combination of his heart and mouth in agreement will always make things happen!
I call this concept “the heart-mouth connection.”
- For instance, if you believe in your heart that Jesus purchased your salvation, and you put your heartfelt faith together with the confession of your mouth, you can literally receive that salvation and make it an eternal fact.
- For instance, if you believe in your heart that Jesus purchased your healing, and you put your heartfelt faith together with the confession of your mouth, you can literally bring that healing into manifestation in your physical body.
- God’s creative power is released when the heart and mouth get into agreement on God’s Word!
That is why you must be aware about what you believe in your heart and say with your mouth, because when your heart and mouth get “in sync” with each other, it literally makes things come to pass!
Hebrews 6:11-12 | TPT (11) But we long to see you passionately advance until the end and you find your hope fulfilled. (12) So don’t allow your hearts to grow dull or lose your enthusiasm, but follow the example of those who fully received what God has promised because of their strong faith and patient endurance.