Receive The Promises
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. ~ Mark 11:24 (KJV).
Let's say, I hand you a beautiful present with red wrapping and a neatly tied white bow and say, “Here, I want you to have this.” Instead of grabbing it, though, you put your hands to your side and make no attempt to reach for it. I can't give you the present because your hands aren't outstretched. If I did, it would fall to the ground.
Now, who is at fault because you didn't receive your present? The person giving it? Or the person receiving it?
This might seem like a silly illustration. Why wouldn't someone receive a present, you might ask.
When it comes to receiving our promises from God, though, we do just that. We don't receive them.
I've heard people say, “Well, God doesn't heal everyone,” “Miracles don't happen today,” “God only answers the prayers of people like Oral Roberts and Kenneth Copeland.”
If He answered their prayers, He has to answer yours too. What He did for one, He must do for another. He is no respecter of persons. However, He is a respecter of faith.
If you do what they did, He will do the same thing for you.
You must believe the promises of God and stand firm to them. Not letting anyone talk you out of the promises you find in God's Word, His expressed will, for you. If you do this and pray according to His Word in Jesus' Name, you should see your promise fulfilled, right?
No, there is one more thing you must do. You must receive it.
How do you receive? How would you receive that present? You would take it from me and say “Thank you.”
That's the same thing we must do with God's promises. We have to take hold of them by standing firm, but we also must thank God in advance for what He is going to do in our lives.
Have you ever seen a child whose parent promised him a trip to Disneyland? He is excited. He thanks his Dad or Mom, then he goes and tells all his friends that He is going to Disneyland. He doesn't question whether Dad or Mom is really going to take him. He believes his parent will be faithful to the promise. He accepts it as truth. He has already received the promise.
We need to be like this with God's promises. We should accept what God says in His Word without question. Believe it. Tell all our friends how God is going to meet our needs. Thank Him in advance for what He is about to do. Then and only then will we received the promise.
- Annagail Lynes
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