Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
The Holy Spirit, through Paul, teaches us we are NOT to follow our feelings. Instead, we are to follow the faith of God in us.
II Corinthians 5:7
(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
When we accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior, we were given a new birth. We were crucified in Christ, buried in Christ, and arose in Christ (Romans 6:3-5). Our birth in Christ made us a new creation, a new creature (II Corinthians 5:17). This new creation, or creature, us, was birthed from Heaven and placed into the earth as light into darkness. We were birthed and came from a realm of eternity, a realm of no time, a realm of faith. When we study God’s Word, we see God intends for us to live and operate this way in the earth – eternal, not under time, and walking in faith. Just as Jesus did.
When we walk by feelings, by our natural senses, we put ourselves in the physical realm, the domain of Satan, who is god of this world (II Corinthians 4:4). We were “born again” from the physical realm to the spiritual realm. Prior to our salvation, we couldn’t operate in the spiritual realm, we couldn’t operate by faith. We were slaves to the physical realm of feelings and senses. Our new birth gave us what Adam and Eve originally had prior to their fall – faith. Faith is the currency of the Kingdom of God – not feelings or senses.
When we operate by our senses, by our feelings, we place ourselves under the domain of Satan, god of this world. To operate by senses and feelings is to operate in our flesh. Our flesh always wants to participate in everything in some way; even when we come unto God. Flesh wants us crying out to God. His Spirit in us will have us praising and thanking God. Crying out to God is fear and doubt. Praising and thanking God is praying from victory. The flesh always prays for victory. Do you see this? We are to pray from victory, which Jesus accomplished at the cross and the resurrection. He has already DONE EVERYTHING for us. To pray for a victory is to deny the finished works of Jesus Christ. It’s offensive to our Father when we pray for something which He paid a dear price to obtain for us.
Praying from victory is praying from faith. It means you believe in the finished works of Jesus Christ. You are not trying to put Jesus on the cross again. That’s what praying for victory does – tries to put Jesus on the cross again. When we pray for victory, we are praying from our senses, our feelings, our flesh. When we pray from victory, we are praying in faith in Jesus’ finished works – “it is finished.” Satan wants us praying for victory – from our senses and feelings – crying out. That’s your flesh. Nothing is going to happen for you when you pray this way. This is why most Believers never have their prayers answered. You are violating God’s law. And God is not going to violate His Word for anyone.
Psalm 89:34
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of My lips.
So, rather than praying for healing, praise and thank God you are healed by Jesus’ stripes (I Peter 2:24) and speak to the mountain, the sickness, disease, weakness, malady, plague, etc., not about it (Mark 11:22-24). Command it to die and leave your body in the name of Jesus Christ. Command your body that it is healed and made whole by the Word of God. Exercise God’s faith in you that what you have commanded is so (Job 22:28). DON’T go by your feelings, your opinion, your senses, or anything worldly. Only go by and trust what God’s Word says (II Corinthians 5:7).
I Corinthians 15:50
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
The Holy Spirit, through Paul, plainly instructs us that if we operate in the flesh, we cannot operate in the Kingdom of God, the governmental laws of the Kingdom. Rejoicing and thanksgiving releases The Blessing of God in your life to accomplish that which God has promised to you if you operate in faith. Crying and begging will accomplish nothing. Remember, if it is not in the Word of God, it is not in our vocabulary.
We may doubt in our heads, but we must believe in our hearts. It may not make sense to our heads, but God only looks on the heart. I cannot see God, but I believe with my whole heart He lives. I see evidence of Him starting with His Word. The more I believe, the more I see and hear. My head can’t deal with some aspects of God, but my heart believes. In my head, I can’t understand something having no beginning, no end, ever being and ever living. But my heart is fully persuaded.
When we by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8-9) accepted our new birth, the new creation, or creature, that is us, was birthed into a new realm of “no time.” God placed us in time, in the earth, to master time just as Jesus did. When Jesus healed, did it take time? No, it was instant. God never meant for us to serve time. Time was meant to serve us – just like money. When Jesus blessed the bread and fish, did it take time for them to multiply to feed the people? No, it was instant. When Jesus needed money to pay the temple tax for He and his disciple Peter (only 20 year old’s and above had to pay the temple tax. So we know Peter was the only disciple 20 and over. The rest were teenagers.), He instructed Peter to catch a fish and pull the money from the fish’s mouth. Again, instant. It doesn’t make sense to our heads, but God is not interested in your head, He’s interested in your heart.
In closing, don’t allow Satan to trick you into obeying your senses, your feelings, your flesh. Instead, go to the Word of God, and see what He has to say. This is the Truth, which supersedes fact.
Walk with the heart of The Lamb and the attitude of The Loin.
In Christ,
Larry