James 1:22-25 “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. (23) For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; (24) for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. (25) But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.”
Faith requires corresponding action. In other words you are going to have to act on God’s word if you want to see His power made manifest in your life. In the passage of scripture quoted above the Holy Spirit makes it very clear to us that we must act on God’s word if we are to receive from Him. Notice that the scripture declares that we are blessed in that which we do and not in that which we hear. Hearing the word of God is good, for faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. But it is only as we put into practice that which we hear in God’s word that our faith is released, and thus we experience God’s power manifested in our lives. In other words we are blessed when we act on God’s word. All the promises of God are conditional, and if we will meet the conditions i.e. act on His word, then we will receive the manifestation of His promises in our lives. You may be, believing God for a miracle in your life but are not seeing the results manifested. Find out from the Lord if there is anything that you have not perhaps left undone that could be preventing you from receiving your miracle. You will recall that when our Lord Jesus taught us about faith, that He linked that teaching directly with forgiveness (Mark 11:22-26). It may be that unforgiveness is hindering your faith from working for you. However, not always by just doing what the written word of God says will get the job done. So what do I mean when I say that? As sons of God we are to be led by the Spirit of God (Romans 8:14). The Spirit and the word always agree, but there are some things that the Spirit of God will instruct us to do that cannot be found in the written word of God. And so when the Spirit gives us His instruction, then unless we follow that instruction we will not receive our miracle from the Lord.
Michael E.B. Maher
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