What if Nobody Believes It?

How many times have you stood on one of the promises of God, told somebody what you were believing for and had them almost laugh at you? They didn't have to say a word. The look on their face asked the questions, "Are you for real? You? Believing God for that? What makes you think you're going to get that?" Great friend, huh?

Jesus' disciples believed Him about everything else BUT the times He said that He would die and rise again. Jesus taught them that precept many times in the three years they walked together but they never believed Him until AFTER He rose from the dead.

Abraham had a problem with his wife, Sarah. She believed that she had to help God keep His promise. Job's wife suggested that he curse God and die. Sometimes the ones that are the closest to us and are supposed to be walking with us are the ones that cause us to doubt.

We know that Jesus never wavered in His faith. Abraham stumbled until he learned the hard way to hold to God's Word. Job listened to his wife and his three (supposed) good friends until he was discouraged enough to quit.

Here's what I'm getting at. If you feel that God has given you a specific promise don't be surprised if you are the only one that winds up believing it. Why? Because all God needs is your faith to bring His Word to you to pass.

The elders brought to Jesus a woman caught in the act of adultery. You know the story and the outcome. In Luke 7:50 we find that Jesus tells her, "YOUR faith has saved you; go in peace." Everybody else believed that she needed to be stoned. Jesus and the woman believed that she needed to be forgiven. Jesus and the woman were right. HER faith saved her. HER relationship with Jesus got her through a nasty situation.

Jesus told the leper in Luke 17:19, "Rise and go; YOUR faith has made you well."

In Luke 18:43, Jesus told the blind man, "Receive your sight; YOUR faith has made you well."

In Luke 8:48, Jesus told the woman with the issue of blood, "Daughter, be of good comfort: THY faith hath made thee whole, go in peace."

What if nobody believes it? Listen close. It doesn't matter if nobody else believes it with you. The promises of God belong to those that believe, not to those that doubt. It is YOUR connection with Jesus Christ that will bring your miracle. As long as your love connection to Him is up to date, then you can stand on any promise in the Bible and Jesus will see to it that it gets done.

True, there are times when we have to wait longer than we would really like to. Abraham would have like to have that son before he turned 78 but he didn't get it then. However, he got it when God's timing was right.

It would have been great if God would have restored Job's blessings BEFORE his nagging wife and three friends jawed at him as if he was the biggest sinner in the universe. Think of it this way. When God DID return Job's blessings, how did that make his wife and friends feel then? Who got the last laugh?

Renew your strength and fellowship in the Lord Jesus Christ. He is faithful in all of his promises.

And those that doubt get what they're believing God for, too.