“Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them” (Mark 11:24).
We are to pray, believing we receive our answer; then the answer comes. But well-meaning Christians say, “Well, you know, I have trouble believing I have something until I feel it.” These people say, “I’m not going to believe I’m healed until I feel better. I just can’t believe I’ve received anything I can’t see.”
In case that thought has ever come to you, let me ask you this: Do you believe you have a brain? Have you ever seen your brain? That may seem like a strange question, but it proves a point. You have no proof that you have a brain. The anatomy book says it’s there; a doctor may say it’s there. But otherwise, you have no proof.
When you stop to think about it, about 80 percent of the things we believe are accepted as truth without feeling or seeing them. I know when I was going through school, I believed what I read in the history books. For instance, I wasn’t around when George Washington was alive, but I believed the history book when it said he was our first president.
We need to attribute more credibility to God’s Word than we do to history books. Sometimes we’re willing to believe anything we read except the Bible; then we say, “Lord, give me a sign.”
We have to believe we receive; then we will have. First comes the believing; then comes the having. When we operate in that kind of faith, we’ll get so excited about believing for our answer that we will forget to check to see when it actually manifests!
The blessings God has provided for me come to pass in
my life. I believe I receive the healing I’ve asked of Him.
Therefore, I shall see healing manifested in my body.
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers
For over 40 years, Pastors Mark and Janet Brazee have traveled throughout the world sharing the Word of God and the Spirit of God. Together they've shared the powerful truths of faith and healing in more than 50 nations.
Today Mark and Janet pastor World Outreach Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where they base their ongoing outreach to the world. The Brazees still travel as the Lord leads, and they are raising up a congregation who share their passion to reach Tulsa and the world.