Believe

This is a guest post by my friend and fellow minister Darlene Nancy Bazemore.

What happens when you believe?  

Believe is defined as to accept or regard as true.  When you believe in God and what He has promised in His Word, what you thought was impossible is now possible.  The overwhelming situation in your life is now under control and you will have a peace that surpasses all understanding!

Believing in God is like a child believing in their parent.  If the parent told their child, after school we are going to the store and I am going to give you what you desire; then believe me when the child is picked up after school, they are taking their parent at their word.  It doesn’t matter what the circumstances may be on the outside.  They could be caught in a terrible storm, traffic, and blown down trees on the road, but that child is holding their parent at their word because of what they promised.

The child isn’t concerned about the circumstances around them, they are just holding on to the promise.  They are accepting or regarding what their parents have said to them to be true and in other words, they believe. They believe that their parents are going to make it happen regardless of what it takes to get to the store.  

What about us?  Do we believe?

Do we accept what our Father has told us and promised us in His Word to be true?  Do we get fretful because of the circumstances in our lives or do we believe like the child believes in their natural parent?

In Mark 11:24 it states, “Therefore I say unto you, What things so ever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”  Part of receiving is our believing that we shall receive the blessings of God.  In St. Mark 9:23 it states, “Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.”  If we can just believe….all things are possible to us that believe.  

Neither the situation we’re in nor the circumstances that surround us matter, we must believe that our Father will provide and His promises are yes and Amen.

I leave you with this…no circumstance is too hard for God!  We must believe.  Hezekiah believed that if he prayed to God his life would be lengthened and it was.  The Woman with the issue of blood believed that if she could just touch the hem of His garment, she would be healed and she was.  Jarius, the Ruler of the synagogue, believed that if Jesus came to his home where his daughter was laying there dying, she would be healed and she was!  

We too, must believe!  No matter how dark, dismal or bleak the circumstance may look, believe in my God and He will take that impossible situation and turn it around and make the impossible, possible!  This only happens….when you BELIEVE!

What are you believe God to do?