What's In Your Pocket?

It's a brand new week, filled with success and divine favour.

Someone came to tell me that he wasn't sick anymore. Then I asked how he knew that, he said his doctor told him he wasn't sick anymore. We also have cases where someone would say he or she is ill, and they'd say the doctor told them.

Before the doctor told the guy that he wasn't sick, he believed he was sick. Then the doctor said he wasn't sick, then all of a sudden, there is this confidence within, a strong sense of confidence that you go out confessing that you aren't sick because your doctor said so. So much faith in the doctor.

Why is there so much faith with people like doctors for health, engineers for buildings and bridges, mechanical engineers for cars, and so on, but no sense of confidence at that level (not to talk of a higher level), with Jesus?

We pray to God for solution to certain problems, or for things to be answered. Then, along the way when we don't see the manifestation, we doubt by asking ourselves, "maybe, it was something I didn't do right" or "maybe I should pray all over again." All these have been the deception placed by the devil for those born again to believe their prayers aren't answer because of what they did. Now, let me tell you what they actually did wrong.

When you pray to God to be healed or for a situation to get sorted out, you are to do this with absolute trust in God in name of Jesus. This is absolutely important because, Jesus carries the highest name; the highest rank; the highest authority there is would ever be. This is the first part. So, what are you to do after this?

Let's look at 1 John 5:14-15, "Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. ¹⁵And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him." The verses makes us understand that the confidence we are to have is that whatever we ask of the Lord accordingto His will, He does it because He hears us.

So, what actually happens when we say a prayer to the Lord God, the devil could bring up doubt, fear, worries and unbelief, to feel we didn’t say the prayer right.

Some could think they didn't say the prayer according to the will of God, (another common deception from the devil). Then they keep repeating the prayers request over and over again, to ensure the prayer gets to heaven. Really, this isn't right!

The question now is, what's in your pocket?

When you become born again, you become born of a new Spirit, and this Spirit is the Spirit of Jesus, the exact Spirit in Jesus. In other words, you carry the exact personality of Jesus, why? This is because you became one heir with Jesus. Anyone born of God doesn't become a new entity, but is joined to the sole entity that was raised from the dead into the perfection of a brand new source of life—Jesus! And this is what everyone MUST remember. 

Now because you carry the identity of Jesus in the Spirit realm, all that Jesus has become is who you have become. Why? This is because Jesus died to save the whole world, and when He resurrected, the He gave us every ability He has. So, the focus is not on you, but on Him. Whatever He is, is who you are right now (ref.: 1 John 4:17).

So, take health for instance, the moment pray for health, you need to understand that even before you made that prayer, you were healed. All you needed to do was to accept that you were healed. 

So, after you've prayed for healing, you thank God that you are healed. You don't ask God for the healing He has given you, what you do is to thank Him for His health He gave to you. So, what's in your pocket? Health.

We don't know what you carry, but when I ask you what you have, then you say you've got the health of Christ. Then I ask you how you know that. You then tell me, Jesus told me. This is true, because all that He is, you have become.

What's in your pocket? Then you say, the success of Jesus. I ask, "how do you know?" Then you tell me, "Jesus told me."

This is the confidence that we have in the name of Jesus. When you thank God for what He has given you, you strengthen your faith. The devil wants you to resend the request, but Jesus wants you to thank Him for what He has given you.

Let us not forget that grace is a free gift, and cannot be received based on works, but by believing. For with works, we will NEVER meet up to His standards.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

                                          

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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)