” For we live by believing and not by seeing.” 2 Corinthians 5:7
In the physical world we are taught to believe what we see. I’m sure you have heard the old adage that seeing is believing. When we live in this world this is how we live our lives. We must prove, with solid evidence, that we can be see and touch, in order to believe.
When we live in the spirit the truth is just the opposite. “Believing in” is to precede “knowing” just as “faith” is to precede a “miracle”. True belief can give us eyes to see and ears to hear, which enables us to understand and to know without doubt. We must train ourselves up to trust our God and not doubt his ways. We must first read his word and become accustomed to what his ways are. Little by little we must begin to institute his thoughts and his promises into our daily lives. We must begin to do away with the ways of this world and hang onto the truths of our God in heaven. Romans 10:17 tells us that “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” As we get closer to God, we begin to allow our faith to become our motivation and the major factor in how we believe. I can testify that my life has change for the better, but it didn’t happen overnight. I can also tell you that living in the Spirit is a continual battle because there is always the world, and what it offers, tugging at my thoughts and ways, to make me believe the things I see rather than the way my God tells me to live. We must protect ourselves by prayer and knowing God’s word. I can tell you that the devil knows the word of God very well and he will try to twist and turn it to use against you and me. So, we must be able to know the Word of God frontwards and backwards. As we apply it to our lives and live it every day it becomes a part of us and not just a book with words that we hope are right. We are to believe and then to receive. PRAISE THE LORD IN ALL THINGS!
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