Mark 11:20-23 KJV
“And in the morning,
as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. And
Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig
tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
And Jesus answering saith
unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever
shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the
sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those
things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he
saith.”
It is one thing to have faith in your heart and it is an
entirely different thing to release that faith. Faith in your heart may
keep you confident in a matter, it may keep you fearless over any
situation you may be going through.
Faith in your heart will give you
the assurance that all will be fine, and that you will come out
victorious at the end. But faith in the heart does not change situations
in your favour.
The way things will change in your favour will be
by the release of the faith you may have conceived in your heart, and
faith is released by speaking, declaring or prophesying. Until you make a
bold declaration about what you want to see, things may just remain the
same in your life.
Jesus felt insulted by this fig tree which had
leaves but no fruit, so He decided to speak against it by cursing it.
By
the following day, the tree withered and died from the root as observed
by Peter, and when Jesus was notified He said "have faith in God".
Another translation says "have the faith of God". But the message bible
says "embrace this God life", meaning that God gets things done by
faith.
God Himself lives by faith. He calls those things that are not as though they were - Romans 4:17. In the beginning when God needed do recreate the world, all He had to do was to call for a thing and it would appear.
The whole book of Genesis chapter one is full of "and God
said". That was God releasing His faith or living by speaking what He
wanted to see.
The question now is, will your faith end in your heart or
will you release it with your mouth? A lady while celebrating her 41st
birth day, declared that she was not going to celebrate her next birth
day unmarried; as she was still single.
She said this publicly, in the
presence of everyone, and true to type, two weeks to her 42nd birthday
she got married. That will soon be your portion in Jesus Name.
Receive grace to release your faith in Jesus Name.
Assignment
i. Mark a few things you want to see change in your life.
ii. Find one or two scriptures for each one; as in what God has said about matters like that.
iii. Make daily declarations over those issues in your life, and be very consistent with it, until you see results.
iv. Become very thankful about your expectations.
Prayer
-Lord I thank you for all my heart desires and expectations in Jesus Name.
-Lord I receive the grace to live this life of faith in Jesus Name.
-Lord I receive the grace to live this life of faith in Jesus Name.
Nugget
Until you make a bold declaration about what you want to see, things may just remain the same in your life.
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