Receiving from God

I was reading in Acts 14 about a man who God healed through Paul. This man was crippled from birth so had never walked. Hearing Paul and Barnabus preach the gospel, faith arose in his heart.

"This man heard Paul speaking. Paul, observing him intently and seeing that he had faith to be healed, said with a loud voice, stand upright on your feet." - Acts 14:9-10

Paul saw this faith and commanded the man to stand on his feet. At this point the man imediately leapt on his feet and began walking. Jesus provided everything for us at the cross and by His grace already healed us, prospered us, blessed us etc. (Ephesians 1:3) and we receive or " grab hold" of these blessings by faith.

There are many examples in the Bible where it talks about the individuals faith healing that person. Speaking to a previously blind man, Jeusus said in Luke 18:42 "Your faith has healed you." We may hear scriptures from the Bible and if we are honest they haven't changed us. We may hear but do we really hear? The crippled man heard a word from God through Paul and his faith was quickened to receive healing.

"So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." - Romans 10:17

Let me encourage you to really hear a word from God that pertains to your situation. His Word has the solution to any need you may have and God wants to speak into your situation today!

Be still

Life can be so fast paced. In the age we live in we never seem to be still as we have so many things to do all the time. Most of us even have the internet in our pockets. With all this going on it can be hard to hear God, or sometimes we can even forget about God with all the things we are doing.

God loves us greatly (1 John 3:1) and there is nothing more fulfilling than knowing God and His love. I don't think we can fully experience God's fullness without spending time with Him away from the busyness of everyday life.

"Be still, and know that I am God..." - Psalm 46:10

I want to challange myself to spend less time on facebook, watching tv shows or whatever and spend that time with God, and know that He is God.