14 May Rhapsody of Realities
SCRIPTURE: Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Our relationship with the Lord is one of faith. It makes no difference how you “feel” outwardly; physical feelings
have nothing to do with it. Oftentimes, our experience of Him and with Him can’t be described with human words; but then, there’s a deep inner “knowing,” an awareness in your spirit. It brings to mind the account of the woman with the issue of blood in Mark 5.
She had suffered hemorrhage for twelve years, and the doctors weren’t able to help her. The Bible says, “When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment…And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague” (Mark 5:27-29). How did she know that the “feeling” she felt in her body was one of healing? It was her faith at work! The Bible doesn’t say, “She saw that the bleeding had stopped,” but that “she felt in her body that she was healed.” That’s the feeling of faith. In the case of the lame man at the gate of the temple called Beautiful as recorded in Acts 3, when Peter ministered to him, the Bible says his feet and ankle bones received strength (Acts 3:7).
Read yesterday’s Rhapsody of Realities here
Bones don’t feel, so it couldn’t have been a physical “feeling.” But something got injected into his feet and bones, and God knew, and said his feet and ankle bones received strength. The result was that the man leapt and walked. His faith was operational; he responded, and in his response, the power of the word spoken by
Peter was manifested, and his miracle happened.
It also reminds of what we read about David; the Bible says he
“perceived” that God had confirmed him king over Israel. This wasn’t mere mental or physical knowledge; it was a knowing in his spirit. There’s the knowledge of faith, the hearing of faith, the feeling or perception of faith, as you’re sensitive to the leading and guidance of the Holy Spirit, and the Word.
PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for the earnest of the Spirit which you’ve given me. I’m sensitive to your leading and guidance and know what to do at all times; my profiting through the Word is evident, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY: Romans 10:17; Hebrews 11:6; James 2:18-26 NKJV
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: John 6:60-71 ; 1 Kings 12-14
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: 1 Corinthians 9:1-10 ; Proverbs 10
