As I mentioned earlier in this series, I said the Lord spoke those words to me down in my spirit: “Keep the switch of faith turned on…”
I knew what He meant in that there were some areas of my life that I had started out believing God for but over time and because of life and the distractions it can bring, had begun to “coast”. I was not as aggressively pursuing the Lord and His Word in those areas.
There is no neutral gear for us spiritually. We are either moving forward in our walk with the Lord or we are beginning to move backwards.
In other words, I wasn’t necessarily moving forward with my faith and had just begun to coast and let some things I was doing consistently, to slip.
Understand this, God moves the moment you pray in faith!
Daniel 10:12-13 | NKJV (12) Then he said to me, “Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard; and I have come because of your words. (13) But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia.
There can also be opposition to your prayers in the realm of the spirit, especially when interceding for people or nations.
Do not think for one moment that the kingdom of darkness is going to stand by and let us gain territory without some type of opposition. But if we stand in faith on God’s Word and enforce Satan’s defeat won by Jesus, we will triumph!
We can either speed up or hinder the manifestation of the answers to our prayers.
- The answer can come faster if the Word is rooted in us.
How we treat the Word of God determines the speed of our answer.
Bro. Hagin – “The answer to our prayer can come faster if the Word is strongly rooted in you. The more of the Word that is in you, the stronger your faith will become.”
The manifestation is dependent on the strength of our faith.
Feeding on the Word of God means staying with a Scripture that the Holy Ghost stirs your heart towards. Meditate on that Scripture. When you need healing, you don’t need to be studying the Book of Revelation.
If the Holy Ghost directs you to a specific Scripture, you need to camp on the Scripture.
Let the Holy Ghost guide your meditations.
John 15:7 | NKJV (7) If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
It’s not enough for us to be alive in Him, His Word needs to be alive in us. The Word must be a living thing in us.
John 15:7 | AMPC (7) If you live in Me [abide vitally united to Me] and My words remain in you and continue to live in your hearts, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.
Spending time in the Word is the same thing as having a conversation with Jesus. Talk with God about His Word.
Colossians 3:16 | NKJV (16) Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Richly (GREEK) – in abundance, in a great measure.
We must be full of the Word of God.
Abraham was fully persuaded that God was able to perform what He had promised. We cannot be persuaded on empty.
When we give an all-out effort to the Word, we speed up the manifestation.
- With consistency lies victory.
Hebrews 6:11-12 | NKJV (11) And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end, (12) that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Hebrews 6:12 | MSG (12) Don’t drag your feet. Be like those who stay the course with committed faith and then get everything promised to them.
James 1:2-4 | TPT (2) My fellow believers, when it seems as though you are facing nothing but difficulties see it as an invaluable opportunity to experience the greatest joy that you can! (3) For you know that when your faith is tested it stirs up power within you to endure all things. (4) And then as your endurance grows even stronger it will release perfection into every part of your being until there is nothing missing and nothing lacking.
We must develop this consistency if you want to see victory at all and then as it grows, it can help speed things up.
Hebrews 12:1-2 | NKJV (1) Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, (2) looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Endurance – the fact or power of enduring or bearing pain, hardships, etc; the ability or strength to continue or last, especially despite fatigue, stress, or other adverse conditions; stamina:
Galatians 6:9 | NLT (9) So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.
Hebrews 10:35-36 | AMPC (35) Do not, therefore, fling away your fearless confidence, for it carries a great and glorious compensation of reward. (36) For you have need of steadfast patience and endurance, so that you may perform and fully accomplish the will of God, and thus receive and carry away [and enjoy to the full] what is promised.