A daddy has cancer & you want more than anything for him to be healed. You pray daily that the Lord would bring a healing as you watch him waste away. Is it lack of faith if you pray for the best but expect the worst?
I was having a conversation with a young man that is going through this situation. He said he was counting on the worst to happen tho was still praying for the best. He said his faith tank needs to be fueled.
So, does it mean our faith is small because we live in reality? Should we expect the greater things though knowing the record & statistics of Stage 4 Colon Cancer usually end in death or that reality is what it is? Or is that being double-minded & having a wavering faith like the ocean?
Should we continue to pray for what we wish would truly happen really knowing in our heart that it won't? And if we know in our heart what the reality is & accept that fact, does that mean our faith is little or does it mean we're to continue to hope for the greater things - A healing from the Almighty? Does the reality around us cloud our view of the Son? Should we continue to believe the sun is shining when all we see is dark? Isn't that what faith is?
This kinda ties to your discussion Amanda about do we just accept it for what it is or do we fight.
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The faith that is expressed in a situation such as this, is faith that God can heal, the faith that brings healing is our faith in God and what He accomplished on the cross through His Son Jesus, the Christ. And Christ is in us. Phm.1:6, That the communication of thy faith may become effectual, by the acknowledging of every good thing that is in you, in Christ Jesus.
“Counting on the worst to happen” There is more faith in this statement than the following; “was still praying for the best”
Mark 11:24 says, Therefore I say unto you, what things soever you desire when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.
When we look at prayer, we see that it is often used as a wish, a desire, a hope, a request, etc.
Romans 8:24-27 (KJV)
24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
The Amp. Bible, says
24 For in [this] hope we were saved. But hope [the object of] which is seen is not hope. For how can one hope for what he already sees?
25 But if we hope for what is still unseen by us, we wait for it with patience and composure.
26 So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance. (Praying in the spirit)
As New Creations, the Word of God has to become our reality, not our fleshly perceptions. We know more about the progression of certain ailments, than we do about faith in the Word of God, and His promises. 1Jo.5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world, and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.
And yes, it is double mindedness when we are wavering in our faith, praying for one thing, and expecting another. Remember what Elijah told Ahab and the people at Mount Carmel? How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God, then follow Him, but if Baal, then follow him. We could say, if the circumstances dictate, or forms our decisions, and opinions; then we must accept the outcome of what it produces.
But we serve a God “Christ” that is not limited by circumstances. And He lives in us. He is not up in heaven, that we should say who shall ascend into heaven that is to bring Christ down from above, And He isn’t dead either. That we should say, who shall descend into the deep that is to bring up Christ from the dead…the Word is nigh thee, it is in your heart and in your mouth…Try Ro.10.
Pr.29:18 where there is no vision, the people perish, and Ho.4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. We need to let the Word of God gain the ascendency over our circumstances, and thinking.
JB
It's heartbreaking to hear of these things. It's hard to know what to say.
Rather than saying 'Faith OR Reality', I would say that Faith is Reality....as a Christian anyway. It's our goal isn't it? It's our reality. YES God can heal. But there are too many unknowns for us.
Does this man know Jesus?
I like what you wrote on LT's blog 'The Perfect Christian'
LT wrote:
… guilty needing redeeming
… broken needing fixing
… lost needing guidance
… blind needing sight
… deaf needing hearing
… weak needing strength
… spiritually dead needing spiritual life
You added:
*darkness needing light
*orphans needing sonship
*sinners needing forgiveness
He made them perfect by changing:
*condemnation to grace
*living a life of feelings to a life of faith
*doubt to assurance
*old man to new creation
*the enemy of God to a child of God
*anxiety to trust
*worry to hope
*evil to holy
*fear to joy
*wicked to righteous
*hate to love
*dishonor to worship
*prison to praise
*pride to humility
*hell to heaven
Our 'flesh' wants answers. Our 'Spirits' have already gotten them.
Man.... I hate cancer. I'll keep him in my prayers.
Love, Carla
Great posts by everyone.
Our reality is a life of Faith.
Without faith it's impossible to please him.
I have never seen God, but I have seen him.
I know that I know, that I know He is real and I love him so much more than anything or anyone, but yet, I feel so wrong at times for saying that, because there are times of personal failure. Failure to obey his commandments, which are NOT burdensome to me.
I fail in my obedience in actually abiding in him as I should. My obedience in trusting in him rather than trying to get the results of what I am praying for through my own ways/methods etc... but I do, I do love Him so much and its because I love him that I am not comfortable failing him. By God's grace, his word is deep enough in my heart to keep me from falling into condemnation when I fail, because I know He loves me, this not by faith, but rather through faith, because of relationship. A life in holiness is the cure.
It is our failures that makes our faith falter. Do not expect the worst, but rather a miracle. If God gives the miracle hallelujah, if He doesn't, praise him, for we have our answer.
We are to be ok with God giving and taking away, in this life we will have troubles, but He has overcome and because He lives, we live. Never expect the worst.
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