Expressing Ur Faith Through Praise

Sam Adeyemi
Rom 4:13-20 With God, nothing is impossible; no situation is past redemption, He raises dead bodies, dead careers, dead dreams, dead marriages and relationships; He recovers dead financial situations, He calls the things which do not exist as though they did and creates something out of nothing. If we will succeed in our faith, we must cooperate with God and call the things that do not exist as though they did and must be ready to look crazy before people as a result. When we operate at this level, we will never magnify a negative situation because we know it's temporary and secondly, we can create what we want out of nothing. With our mouth, we can create the realities we desire. Our situation cannot be hopeless when God is part of the equation, just look at Abraham! Calling the things that do not exist as though they did, entails praising God as if what we are expecting has already happened. The apparent non-existence of what we expect in the natural is no proof that it does not exist in the spiritual. The moment God says a thing, it comes into existence automatically. Therefore, expressing faith through praise means acting as if it is so, when it seems not to be so, for it to be so, because it is so! Habakkuk 3: 17-19 declares that 'Though the fig tree may not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; though the labour of the olive may fail, and the field yield no food; though the flock may be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls – yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. The Lord is my strength; He will make my feet like deer's feet, He will make me walk on my high hills.' This scripture encourages us to praise God even in the worst situations of life. Examples are of Paul and Silas who were thrown into prison, but rather than sink into despair and hopelessness, they praised God as if they were free and they, indeed, became free (Acts 16: 25-40). Also, Jesus, our Lord and Saviour, when He arrived at Lazarus' tomb, instead of lamenting, He gave God praise and called Lazarus back to life; John 11: 41-44. It's time to lay our burdens on God by praising Him because He can and will alter the seeming hopeless situations of our lives for good. Praise the Lord