This is the concluding part of our series – why isn’t it working?
If you have followed from the first part, then by now you are ready to begin to
get results by putting the things you have learnt into good use. Remember that
these steps should be taken in the order in which they have been outlined. Again,
we remain grateful to the life and ministry of Kenneth E. Hagin, from which we
have gleaned these truths. You may be interested in taking a personal study of
his book – What to do when faith seems weak & victory lost, out of which
these series has come from. Now, to the concluding steps;
Step 9. Give glory to God even before it comes into manifestation.
Thanksgiving before the manifestation is an act of faith, it
means that you are convinced not only in the ability of God but also in His
willingness to grant your desire to the point that you are already thanking Him
for the result even though it is yet to manifest physically. When the scripture
described Abraham as a man of faith, it was because he gave glory to God for
something that hadn’t even manifested.
Rom 4: 19-21
And being not weak in
faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred
years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb: He staggered not at the
promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And
being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
Abraham was persuaded that God would do what he had promised,
he was so convinced that he gave glory to God long ahead of the manifestation. In
the words of Kenneth E. Hagin “In your waking moments, think on the greatness
of God and His goodness – count your blessings. Lift your heart to God
constantly in gratitude and increasing power for what He has done and for what
He is doing for you now.” As a matter of
fact, the true test of your faith lies in what you do through the waiting time
between when you prayed and when the result manifest. Many are waiting to see
some positive signs and then they begin to thank God, but faith will not wait
to see any sign because it considers that it has received and so will go ahead
to give glory to God.
Step 10. Act as though you have received what you ask
This is what finally separates the men from the boys. How can
you act though you have received? Understanding that receiving is spiritual and
having is physical is the key. When you act as though you have received, that
is still in the spiritual realm, the physical manifestation means you now have whatever
it is you desire. This is exactly what Mark 11:24 is saying …believe you
receive…then you shall have. You don’t try to reverse the order by trying to
have before you believe that you have received, that will be walking by sight
and not by faith. There is always a way you can act in faith to show that you
have received your desire and that is the corresponding action to your faith. Make
sure you are not acting out of presumption but in true faith.
To conclude this series, you must remember that the moment
you begin to wonder why God has not answered your prayers or the moment you
begin to look around for some reason why things are not working, you are
slipping into the zone of defeat. Never under any circumstance, question the
will of God in the matter of unanswered prayers, since He has already promised
that you can have whatever you ask if you do not doubt. The truth remains that
whether your prayers are answered depends more on you than it does on God.
Finally, when you come to the place where you have prayed and
held on tightly to your confession of the word of God concerning you, and it
just seems like you are not seeing the manifestation, just keep holding out in
faith and continue to believe in the love that God has for you. You may even be
at a point where you no longer even know what to believe again, your faith so
disjointed that you can’t even gather yourself together to believe anything. Well,
there is one thing you can do – believe that God loves you and wants the best
for you. Like we say, God knows tomorrow better than you know yesterday and He
will always act in your best interest, to bring you into the fulness of your
inheritance in Christ.
Shalom!
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