It is our beliefs that put us in the position in which we find ourselves.
Do you have the “faith” and conviction that what you want will come to be?
What is faith? Hebrews 11:1 tells us that:
“Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.”
Another Bible translation says,
“Faith is the assured expectation of things that will be, even though they are yet unseen.”
This means we know that it will be even though we haven’t seen it. We know in our hearts and minds that it is so. WE BELIEVE!
Acting as if It Were True . . .
I have given you the biblical definition of faith. another definition is “Faith is acting as if it were true.” If we really have faith in what we have been promised then our attitude and outlook toward our problems would change. We would start looking at them in a different light. If you have faith, you consider the problem solved. You act differently when difficulties show up. You act differently when a desire of your heart comes up. It is not the evidence presented before you, but the Word of God that counts. Because of your faith, you now act as if it were true and it becomes true because it was already true. You have to believe it and act as though it were true because it is true.
Before I came to the realization that if I asked, it would be true, there were scriptures that gave me pause. Similar to Mark 11:22-25 is Matthew 21:18-22. It reads:
Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city,
he was hungry. Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went
up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he
said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” Immediately
the tree withered. When the disciples saw this, they were
amazed. “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?” they
asked. Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith
and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to
the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go,
throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done. If you
believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
I now believe that when my faith is strong I can command mountains to fall into the sea and I will receive whatever I ask for in prayer.
Your “acting” does not make it real; you act because it is already real. More than two thousand years ago, Christ purchased your salvation and you are to utilize everything that Christ won for you by faith.
Believe that your needs are met and you are abundantly blessed. Do not look at your current circumstances. They are about to change because of your faith. You give thanks because He has promised to supply all your needs. Giving thanks before we receive is one
way we act as if it were already true. Part of the six-step process of The One Command® allow us to “act as if it were already true.”
If you don’t have peace, thank God that He has given it to you in Christ. Do the same for everything else that you need, because God cares for you and He wants to give every good thing to you. Faith does not look at the circumstances. Faith is not anticipation. It is being sure that the thing promised has come true, and therefore you act as if it were already true.
You do not expect it to happen in the near future. It has already happened in the expanded universe, so when it happens in your reality, you are not surprised. It is the natural culmination of your asking. The blessings of God come easily and effortlessly to you
because you believe them to be before they manifest themselves in the natural realm.
“As you have believed, let it be done for you.” And It is so!
This entry contains excerpts from my book “Christianity, The Law of Attraction, and The One Command®.” For more information click here.
In Gratitude,
Beverly Fells Jones
The Silver Fox of Consciousness
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