Speak To The Rock For Your Miracle
How do you see God? It is very important how you see God because when it comes to the fight of life, how you see God will affect your faith and how you receive from Him. Do you see an angry God? Or do you see a gracious, giving Father?
You see, your perception of God will determine the quality of your relationship with Him and this affects everything else — the way you share God’s love with those around you, the quality of your relationship with your spouse, the way you respond to hardships at work…
When you see Him as He really is — a gracious, giving Father — it will put so much faith in your heart to receive from Him that if it’s a miracle you need, it’s a miracle you’ll get!
The Bible shows us two beautiful pictures of Christ as the Rock. In Exodus 17, God told Moses to strike a rock so that water would flow to quench the thirst of the Israelites. This symbolises the crucifixion of Christ and it also shows us Christ as the supplier of all our needs. The water that flowed from the smitten rock typifies all that we need in life, be it health, prosperity, better relationships, a new job… Whatever we need flows from Jesus our Rock.
Then, in Numbers 20, when God told Moses to speak to a high rock, Moses disobeyed and instead, struck the rock. This symbolises those who continue to crucify the exalted Christ with wrong beliefs and inaccurate confessions. But because Christ was smitten once for all sin, God now wants us to simply speak to the exalted Rock for our needs to be met.
As long as you are a child of God, there is no longer any reason to wonder if God wants to bless you. He has forever settled that issue at the cross! The Rock has been struck! The waters are flowing! Because of these eternal truths, we can expect to be blessed, redeemed and healed in every area of our lives!
When you are faced with a problem, what should your response be? Just speak to the Rock. You speak to the Rock by agreeing with God’s Word, by saying what He has said about you and your situation in His Word. That is true confession!
It’s so important to make sure that what comes out of your mouth is true and correct, and lines up with the Word of God. Speak to your Rock, the High Priest of your confession, and the waters will flow. Your miracle is in your mouth!
chapter 1
How You See God Affects How You Receive From God
chapter 1
How You See God Affects How You Receive From God
‘Why Do You See Me Like That?’
M any years ago, I heard God’s voice distinctly while I was praying. What He said changed my theology.
On this day, I had begun to pray, “Heavenly Father…” and as usual, I pictured God as an old man with white hair, white eyebrows and a long white beard. I don’t know about you, but until then, that’s how I pictured God. Then, suddenly, I heard His voice speak to me. It was an inner voice that said, “Son, stop! Why do you see Me like that?”
I obeyed and stopped, and then I replied, “Oh, because you are my Father and fathers are usually very old.”
God said to me, “Son, growing old is part of the curse on earth. Because of Adam’s sin, people grow old, they become weak and they die. In heaven, there is no curse. I am forever young.”
Now, that really changed the way I saw God. It changed my perspective. And it changed the way I prayed from that day onwards. Now, whenever I pray, I see a heavenly Father who is youthful and dynamic.
How do you see God? How do your Christian and non-Christian friends see God? If you go into the streets and ask people what God is like, many of them will probably tell you that God is old, that He is serious because He is holy and that He is a strict disciplinarian who is always catching them doing wrong. Some of them will even tell you that God disciplines them with sicknesses and other hardships.
God Is Not Judgmental, God Is Loving
Listen to me, my friend, God is not like that. God is love. He is like a father
How do you see God? It is very important how you see God because when it comes to the fight of life, how you see God will affect your faith and how you receive from Him. Do you see an angry God? Or do you see a gracious, giving Father?
You see, your perception of God will determine the quality of your relationship with Him and this affects everything else — the way you share God’s love with those around you, the quality of your relationship with your spouse, the way you respond to hardships at work…
When you see Him as He really is — a gracious, giving Father — it will put so much faith in your heart to receive from Him that if it’s a miracle you need, it’s a miracle you’ll get!
The Bible shows us two beautiful pictures of Christ as the Rock. In Exodus 17, God told Moses to strike a rock so that water would flow to quench the thirst of the Israelites. This symbolises the crucifixion of Christ and it also shows us Christ as the supplier of all our needs. The water that flowed from the smitten rock typifies all that we need in life, be it health, prosperity, better relationships, a new job… Whatever we need flows from Jesus our Rock.
Then, in Numbers 20, when God told Moses to speak to a high rock, Moses disobeyed and instead, struck the rock. This symbolises those who continue to crucify the exalted Christ with wrong beliefs and inaccurate confessions. But because Christ was smitten once for all sin, God now wants us to simply speak to the exalted Rock for our needs to be met.
As long as you are a child of God, there is no longer any reason to wonder if God wants to bless you. He has forever settled that issue at the cross! The Rock has been struck! The waters are flowing! Because of these eternal truths, we can expect to be blessed, redeemed and healed in every area of our lives!
When you are faced with a problem, what should your response be? Just speak to the Rock. You speak to the Rock by agreeing with God’s Word, by saying what He has said about you and your situation in His Word. That is true confession!
It’s so important to make sure that what comes out of your mouth is true and correct, and lines up with the Word of God. Speak to your Rock, the High Priest of your confession, and the waters will flow. Your miracle is in your mouth!
chapter 1
How You See God Affects How You Receive From God
chapter 1
How You See God Affects How You Receive From God
‘Why Do You See Me Like That?’
M any years ago, I heard God’s voice distinctly while I was praying. What He said changed my theology.
On this day, I had begun to pray, “Heavenly Father…” and as usual, I pictured God as an old man with white hair, white eyebrows and a long white beard. I don’t know about you, but until then, that’s how I pictured God. Then, suddenly, I heard His voice speak to me. It was an inner voice that said, “Son, stop! Why do you see Me like that?”
I obeyed and stopped, and then I replied, “Oh, because you are my Father and fathers are usually very old.”
God said to me, “Son, growing old is part of the curse on earth. Because of Adam’s sin, people grow old, they become weak and they die. In heaven, there is no curse. I am forever young.”
Now, that really changed the way I saw God. It changed my perspective. And it changed the way I prayed from that day onwards. Now, whenever I pray, I see a heavenly Father who is youthful and dynamic.
How do you see God? How do your Christian and non-Christian friends see God? If you go into the streets and ask people what God is like, many of them will probably tell you that God is old, that He is serious because He is holy and that He is a strict disciplinarian who is always catching them doing wrong. Some of them will even tell you that God disciplines them with sicknesses and other hardships.
God Is Not Judgmental, God Is Loving
Listen to me, my friend, God is not like that. God is love. He is like a father
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