Eyes of Faith – Part 2

And Elijah said to his servant, "Go now, and take a look in the direction of the sea." And he went up, and after looking said, "There is nothing." And Elijah said, Go again seven times; and he went seven times. I Kings 18:43

Once this truth enters your heart and mind you will know that God is for you and not against you. Knowing this truth will give you the confidence that God will answer your prayers. Today this confidence is missing because we have clogged our minds and thoughts with only about ourself, that is our sins, our mistakes. Only if we change our focus from our failures to the successes we have got, from the wrongs happened to us and remember the good things happened to us, we will know that good things are still waiting to happen to us. Disciplining your mind to think right is very important.

Know the source of your thoughts. Anything that is negative is not from God. Discipline your mind to believe in God and His power. Think upon His goodness. If God gave His own life to save you, will He not give other things to you, which you desire. This is the first thing which I want you to understand and fix it in your mind. Every prayer made to God is answered. There is Yes and Amen in His dictionary. That doesn't mean things will happen immediately always. There are times when God answers immediately, there are times when God tests your faith. When you don't receive the answers to your faith immediately, there is something you ought to do from your end. That is not the time, when you stop hearing and reading God's word. That is not the time when you stop going to church and stop praying. Instead that is the time, when you ought to seek God more. You ought to put your faith into action. You ought to show God that your trust is still in Him.

Elijah was on his knees praying knowing that God will answer him. He knew that God is checking what would Elijah do, if his prayer is not answered immediately. God is testing you the same way. That time you ought to go looking for what you are asking for. Though you don't see it in the natural, but imagine it in your mind that you have already received. Be happy as you would have been when you would have received it. See the answer to your prayer already received even before you could receive it, that is seeing with the eyes of faith. That is what it means to use your eyes of faith. Start behaving that you have already received. Don't tell people or even God that you haven't received it. Whenever you talk to God or people, speak out what you are believing. Tell people that you have already received it. That is faith. See it before it has already manifested in the natural. See it in the spiritual. People might think that you are mad, but that is not madness, but that is faith

– Jimsen & Sneha