The Treasure of a Consecrated Heart
🕯️ It is a solemn and sacred truth that a good man, from the good treasure of his heart, brings forth good things. 📖 “A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things…” (Matthew 12:35, KJV). You may have consecrated your life to the Gospel, giving of yourself, your resources, and your time. And yet, the financial returns you desire may not manifest as swiftly as your spirit yearns for. There may be times when a whisper of discouragement arises, asking, "Why am I not receiving enough?" To this, the Living Word responds: do not begin by thinking something is wrong.
The Folly of Comparison
The temptation to compare your journey to another's is a snare to the soul. You hear of a brother or sister who gave and immediately saw a mighty testimony. Another gave and saw an instant promotion. But you, who have given for even much longer, see only your salary, or perhaps even less. Do not fall into this trap. Your path is a unique tapestry woven by the divine hand. Do not base your life on the shifting sands of your circumstances—not your job, your business, nor your fleeting finances. The call is to ⏳ wait on the Lord, for in His perfect timing, He will perform His wonders.
The Source of Our Reality
🌿 Your earthly journey is not governed by the demands of the clock, the borders of your country, or the tears that fall from your eyes. Your body and your actions are not subject to the calendar, but to the information you receive. Every piece of information, whether seen on a screen, heard from a friend, or read in a book, paints a picture in your mind. This picture, held within, is the very source of your behavior, the spring from which your life's issues flow. For until you see something in the eye of your spirit, it can never become real in your world.
The Infinite Realm of Belief
🗝️ The Word reveals a realm of infinite possibilities, a dimension beyond the limits of your family, location, or past training. 📖 “Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.” (Mark 9:23, KJV). This belief, this sacred certainty, is not born of a fleeting wish but a firm conviction held in the heart. When you believe with your heart, your spirit, that you can be, do, or have anything God has promised, you unlock a complete and utter transformation. Let nothing stop you. Dare to believe God, and declare, "I am coming out of the crowd, I am going beyond the limits in the name of Jesus!"
Looking at the Unseen
✨ A profound mystery is unlocked when you understand the working of faith. The Scriptures declare that 📖 “our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.” (2 Corinthians 4:17, KJV). How can this be? The next verse holds the key: 📖 “While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.” (2 Corinthians 4:18, KJV).
You are called to turn your gaze from the temporal, visible circumstances—the diagnosis, the empty bank account, the failed exam—and fix it upon the unseen realities of God's Word. These unseen things are real and eternal. They are not dreams, but spiritual substances waiting to be manifested.
The Power to Create and Annul
🔥 The power of the unseen is twofold. Firstly, God, 📖 “calls those things which be not as though they were.” (Romans 4:17, KJV). He creates reality by His Word, and you, made in His image, are called to do the same. This is where faith, born from the hearing of the Word, brings the seed of a new reality into your spirit. When you look at that seed, that picture, it ceases to be potential energy and becomes matter.
Secondly, you have been given the authority to bring to nothing the things that are. God has chosen 📖 “things which are not, to bring to nought things that are.” (1 Corinthians 1:28, KJV). A sickness that is, a debt that is, a limitation that is—you can apply the things that are not (the reality of divine health, abundance, and freedom) to bring them to nothing. This is the divine exchange. Your spoken word, borne from a heart full of faith, releases this power.
The Practice of Faith
🕊️ Beloved, your prayer must be, "Father, I dare to believe." Your life's destiny flows from the treasure you hold within your heart. When you leave this place, keep looking at the unseen. Do not allow discouragement to shift your gaze. For the business, the capital, the ministry you desire—it is not your business how it will navigate to you. Your business is the essence, not the process. 📖 “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1, KJV). Can you see the picture? Then hold on to it. Let your confession be a testimony of the unseen, a declaration of the reality you are bringing forth. For your light affliction came to pass, but the weight of glory is coming to stay.