God wants His beloved children to receive solutions to their life problems through the deeds of faith and give glory to Him. He thereby lets them realize the heart and will of God within the works of the Holy Spirit and helps them have spiritual faith by showing signs, wonders, and works of power. He opens the door to blessings wide for us, but some people still cannot receive answers. What is the reason? Here let's delve into the principles hidden in receiving answers and receive many blessings.
The first reason is because you have not yet gained the required amount of faith that is necessary to receive the answer
For example, with the seven Spirits, God measures the seven aspects, namely, faith, joy, prayer, thanksgiving, keeping the commandments, faithfulness, and love. Each person has a certain level they must achieve. So, each individual has to try hard to reach that level.
But some people do not pray or work for God even though they are able. Also, they get disheartened because of very small things. They don't try to change and don't try to keep God's commandments. Some people just wait for answers to come without doing anything. If they still want to receive an answer from God in this way, it is like a student who does not study for an exam but is hoping to get a good grade.
In some cases, God is saying He will give them special answers and blessings, but the people do not prepare themselves to receive them. It can only mean that they do not believe the word of God.
We should check if we lack faith or have faith so weak that it saddens the Lord. By obeying the guidance of the Holy Spirit, who searches all things even the depths of God, we should attain to becoming a spiritually mature adult (1 Corinthians 2:10; Ephesians 4:13).
The second reason is because you spoke negative words
For example, Romans 10:10 says, "...for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation." If we believe in heart, we circumcise our hearts and live by the Word resulting in righteousness. To confess that Jesus Christ is our Savior is an act of obedience that confirms we truly believe in Him.
The words on a person's lips represent his faith. Jesus said in Mark 11:24, "I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you." If we pray with faith we should patiently wait for answers to come. If you have the assurance that you've received the answer, you can just think and wait knowing that God will give you His answer at the most appropriate time.
If you do not have this kind of assurance yet, you should pray and make positive confessions until you get the assurance. You have to ask for spiritual faith, which is the faith to believe from the heart that you've already received the answer. And, if you just fill up the required measure of justice, the answer can come immediately.
Just saying that you didn't receive an answer means that you never had the assurance to receive an answer in the first place. It tells us you had faith that was not certain, and you thought you might or even might not receive the answer.
If you make a negative confession, whatever you filled up will disappear. It means you will have to go back to zero and start over. If you complain and feel disappointed, it is not faith. It means that you just want to receive it by luck without faith.
If you feel that your answer is being delayed, you should check your heart and fill up what you are short of. If you make positive confessions of faith, even impossible things will become possible as confessed.
For example, some answers come immediately, but in other cases problems are solved one by one and the blessings come gradually. Some sicknesses or infirmities also get better little by little. In these situations if you testify that the gradual healing is the work of God, God accepts it as a confession of faith and works for you more completely. He doesn't just give you a one-time blessing, but He keeps you prosperous and gives you continual blessings.
And the third reason is because you pass judgment on your shepherd
In the Bible, we can find many occasions where God made His people pray for blessings. Those who couldn't bring down answers by themselves received the answer when men of God prayed for their blessings.
In a severe drought, Elijah asked the widow to make some bread with the last bit of flour and oil she had, which would have been the last meal for her and her son. At that time what would have happened if she had passed judgment on the man of God thinking, "How can a man of God be so shameless as to ask such a thing of me?" She probably wouldn't have experienced the amazing miracle of her flour bin and oil jar not running out till the end of the drought (1 Kings 17).
It is not right to judge and condemn other believers but it is even worse and unforgivable to judge a pastor who performs miracles, signs and wonders with the power of God. In Numbers 12, Miriam came down with leprosy after she judged Moses, a man whom God was with.
There are also some members who doze off during the sermons due to doubts and other fleshly thoughts. They do not hear the messages about blessings. If you have any of such thoughts of judgment and condemnation, I hope you will realize how grave an evil it is that you have in your heart and repent thoroughly. In doing so you will receive all the blessings God is giving to everyone.
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