TEXT: ROMANS 4: 19
“And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.”
Some believers are confused on the subject of facts and faith. Some think faith is lying or denial of truth. And some will say “Let me say it the way it is, I cannot lie ” They have forgotten that when it comes to faith, you do not say it the way it is, you say it the way it should be. And to some, faith is “whatever will be will be”. Now, we do not need to be confused, facts are facts, faith is faith. Facts are things that we can see while faith is what we cannot see. Facts are things that are happening, faith is what is written. Fact is taking steps based on what is happening while faith is taking steps based on the word of God.
Therefore, in order to operate in faith, you do not need to deny the facts because faith does not deny fact. For instance, when Lazarus died, Jesus did not say Lazarus did not die or Lazarus cannot die, like many ‘faith’ people would have said, He simply said in John 11:11 “Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.” This means, after they had told Him the fact, He did not say they were lying or stopped them from saying what they wanted to say, He simply told his disciples the truth which He believed “Lazarus is sleeping, let’s go and wake him up”. Even, after He had said Lazarus was sleeping, and the disciples were still disturbing him, John 11:14 says “Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.”
Now, if you look at today’s text about Abraham and Sarah, Abraham did not say “I am not barren and I cannot be barren” because by facts he and his wife were barren but by the truth of God’s word he was fruitful. But what did he do? Our text says “And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb”, this means he did not deny the fact that he was barren and at the same time he refused to consider himself and his wife as barren. He did not argue about the fact but he also strongly held on to the truth.
For instance, if a doctor says to someone after conducting necessary medical examinations “You are sick and you have malaria” And the person is saying to the doctor “I cannot be sick and I cannot have malaria” that is not faith but denial of the fact. But the fellow can say “I am going to be well for Jesus had made me whole on the cross Calvary” (This also does not mean he/she should not take medication if need be) Faith does not say yes or no to facts, it simply INSISTS ON THE TRUTH. Imagine a brother that took loan from someone and the lender told him “Brother you are owing me” and he said “I cannot owe you, in fact, I’m not owning you in the name of Jesus” That’s a lie, all he needs to say is “I will pay you because I have been blessed according to His riches in Christ Jesus. Listen to this, what people believe or say cannot affect your faith, it is what you believe and say that can affect your faith. You do not need to argue with the facts or deny it, just simply insist on the truth and your faith will work. Hallelujah.
Confession
Father, as others are saying “there is a cast down” I declare “there is a lifting up for me” in the name of Jesus.
Daily Bible Reading: JEREMIAH 42, PROVERBS 8, 2 CORINTHIANS 10, DEUTERONOMY 6
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