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Faith of a mad man (III)
YOU can get whatever you want from somebody whose attention you have arrested. The movement of Jesus was stopped temporarily and His mission was temporarily suspended because a powerful faith called out to Him. Imagine the possibility of taking God off His immediate agenda and causing Him to pay attention to you.’ The master key of faith will make God to suspend whatever He is doing until He has solved your problems. This is the faith that can arrest God.
Jabez demonstrated this kind of faith that arrested God and stopped activities in heaven in 1 Chron. 4 v 9-10.
Years ago, the Lord led me to pray over a long piece of cloth that those trusting Him for the fruit of the womb might touch it. One hour after I had given the instruction, people were still coming out to touch the cloth because they were so many. I had to stop them from coming that the service might continue.
Suddenly, there was commotion one corner of the auditorium. I stopped the service to find out what was going on. There was a woman there, who was battling with the ushers. She refused to be denied the opportunity of touching the cloth. I didn’t only allow her to touch the cloth; I gave it to her to take home. She attended the programme the following year with her miracle children. God will single you out for miracles as you use the master key of faith.
It Transforms: This kind of faith has transforming power, it can change situations. It replaces an old order with a new one. It transforms health and re-writes history. The case of Bartimaeus powerfully illustrated this point.
“And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.” Mk. 10 v 49
When Jesus stood still to attend to blind Bartimaeus, it was the disciples who were trying to silence him that brought him to Jesus. The same people who initially rebuked Bartimaeus to keep quite changed their words of rebuke to words of comfort as they told him “be of good cheer.” The faith of the blind man transformed rebuke to comfort. The master key of faith will change your life so much that your mockers will come and bow before you. You need the master key of faith that transforms no to yes, rejection to acceptance and sorrow to joy.
“And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy hand today? And he said, yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head today? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.” 2Kgs. 2 v 3, 5, 15.
(To be continued)
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