QUIET CORRESPONDING ACTION !

QUIET CORRESPONDING ACTION ! As you think about this, Jairus had done all he could do. He made a faith statement, "My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she made be healed; and she shall live." He (Jairus) released his faith to the point that if Jesus laid His hands on his daughter, she would be healed. When Jesus heard the bad news (v,35) while he yet spoke, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house searching who said, thy daughter is dead. Why troublest thou the master any further ? As soonest Jesus heard is the word that was spoken, he said unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be Not Afraid, only believe." He (Jesus) said to Jairus, . . Be not afraid, only believe (Mark 5:36). Believe what ? "When You lay Your hands on my daughter, she shall be healed, and she shall live." Believe what he had established with his own faith. That was not the time for Jairus to start making more faith confessions. If he had, he would have gotten into fear and unbelief. He probably would have said, "If You hadn't stopped and heal this lady, You would have gotten there in time to heal my daughter." Jesus said, "Don't do anything but believe what you have established." He had gone as far as he could go. His corresponding action was to just be quiet. (Psalms 37:7) says, Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him. . . There is a time to rest in the Lord. Sometimes, corresponding actions is to just rest in what you have already said and believed. When you don't know anything else to do, rest in the Lord. Paul the apostle said in (Ephesians 6:13), . . . And having done all, (all of what ?, all of the Word) to stand. Stand ! If there is nothing else you can do in faith, just stand in The Word of God, resting on God's promise. Corresponding action is to say, "I know what I will do --- resting the Lord, because I have done all that I know to do." But be sure that you have done all you know to do in the Word. It isn't the fact you don't do anything. If you are careful, people get the idea that doing nothing is what made it happen. No, it wasn't the inactivity that made it happen. But the activity sometimes is the corresponding action needed. But not in every situation. For instance, in the case of the 10 lepers, their corresponding action was to go. And as they went, they were cleansed. Sometimes corresponding action means doing something in faith. But not something foolish. Then on the other hand, sometimes it means to just do nothing at all, but just rest in what you have already done. Sometimes when people are in a problem and there faith is low, they start trying to make faith confessions, and they make them out of fear. You can say all the right things, and say them in fear instead of faith. You Can Confess the Word of God in Fear. Some people are doing it. It must be a confession of faith. That is why you can't judge in a situation just by the end results along. It may have looked like they were operating in faith. They were saying the right things. But you don't know if they were in faith are fear. You don't know what they were really believing. Many people believe their symptoms. Sometimes they may have just begun to confess the word as the last resort, and faith had not been developed. They really believe the opposite was coming. They were too late with two little, so to speak, corresponding actions is necessary in every situation. Sometimes it's something that you do by faith, and sometimes it's something you don't do. God has already released His faith in what He said. He believes every word will come to pass, and He asked as though it were true. Corresponding actions has two sides to it --- God's side, and your side. You must do your part. God has already done His part God's word is forever settled in heaven. But we must establish it on earth.