THE GOD KIND OF FAITH vs. HEAD FAITH:

THE GOD KIND OF FAITH vs. HEAD FAITH: "For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith." (Romans 4:13). If Abraham didn't consider physical knowledge our feelings, what did he consider ? (The Word of God). Years ago when I was released from prison, I was struggling along some of these faith lines that many people do. I would have alarming circumstances that would return, concerning finances, concerning a job, concerning even my health. While praying and standing on the promises of God, even while suffering severe pain, the Lord reminded me of Abraham, who "considered not his own body." He showed me I should not consider my body, nor the things that I had need of, but rather I should consider His Word of promise. As I did this, repeating to myself some of God's promises in the Scripture regarding healing, Such As, "Himself took our infirmities, and bare him our sicknesses," every symptom would leave. When it came to my finances, (Luke 6:38) "Give and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you meet with all it shall be measured to you again." I do practice the Scripture. And I would remind God that I gave and that he promise that if I would do what he says it would be measured back onto me good measures, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into my bosom. For with the same measure that I met with all it shall be measured unto me again. Too many times we focus our attention on the wrong thing. We consider our physical body and the symptoms are the circumstances of our lives Rather Than Looking to God's Word. In one building I visited, a certain woman regularly ended her testimony with, "You Pray for Me, I believe I got cancer." No doubt if she keeps believing it, she will get it. Jesus said, "According to your faith be it unto you." Another person requested prayer, saying, "Please Pray for Me. I believe I'm taking a cold." If that is the way you believe, it won't do any good for me to pray, because "According to your faith be it unto you" (Matthew 9:29). We need to walk by faith, not by sight. Some have misunderstood this type of teaching, thinking I tell people to deny all symptoms and circumstances and go on as if they weren't even there. They think I am teaching Christian science. However, this is not Christian science; this is Christian sense. We do not deny paintings and other symptoms and we should not Medicaid the problem, for they are very real. Instead, we look beyond them to God's promises. Real faith in the Word says, "if God says it is so, it is so. This is the God kind of faith ! If He says, "By whose stripes you were healed, I am healed. If He says, "My God shall supply all my need" He Does. If He Says, "the Lord is the strength of my life," He is. In other words, real faith the God kind of faith simply says about oneself what the Word says. You are supposed to say what God says until it manifests in in your life. Real faith is built on the Word of promise. We should meditate on the Word, the deeply into it, and feed upon it. Then the Word becomes a part of you, just as natural food becomes a part of our physical body when we eat. What natural food is to the physical man, The Word of God is to the spiritual man. The Word builds confidence and assurance into us.