There is a strategy in marketing that helps companies sell their products more effectively: for someone to buy, they need to see themselves with the product. It\u2019s not enough to simply describe its qualities. The customer must be able to imagine how their life would be with it: how beautiful they would feel, how productive they could become, how much better their health might be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our mind is a precious place. It can be filled with the Word of God or with the images and messages we consume from the world around us. The quality of our thoughts directly shapes the quality of our future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Faith is the key to the Kingdom of Heaven. To enter this Kingdom and to live a life that honors it, the only life accepted is a life lived by faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nIn Hebrews 11:1 (NIV), it says:
\u201cNow faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nLet\u2019s look more closely at this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFaith is confidence in what we hope for.\u201d
But what do we truly hope for?
The promises of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHe has promised us eternal life\u2014this is a good hope.
He has promised us divine health\u2014this is a good hope.
He has promised us peace\u2014this is a good hope.
He has promised provision\u2014this is a good hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\nContinuing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cand assurance about what we do not see.\u201d
We can trust His promises, that is where our hope is anchored. God does not promise what He cannot fulfill. He is not a liar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nYet often, we are called to believe even when we cannot see with our natural eyes. In our spirit, however, we know He is worthy of our trust and confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When we cannot see something physically, a powerful practice is to see it in our minds, reinforcing what we already know in our spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are sick, but you believe that Christ has given you a healthy body, declare the Word of God and begin to picture yourself healed, doing what you cannot do now. Nurture that image within you. Feed your faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is what happened to the woman in Mark 5:27\u201328:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cWhen she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, because she thought, \u2018If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Faith shaped how she saw herself before her reality changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are struggling financially, begin to see yourself in a new season, where lack is no longer part of your reality. Speak what the Word says. Fill your mind with truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God even changed Abram\u2019s name to Abraham so he could continually declare the promise and remember who God said he was:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nIn Genesis 17:5:
\u201cNo longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nThe same principle appears in the life of Moses, who trusted in God beyond what he could see:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nIn Hebrews 11:27:
\u201cBy faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king\u2019s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nJust as companies use imagination and envisioning to influence behavior, you can use it to strengthen your faith\u2014filling your mind with the Word of God and His promises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cVision is the ability to talk about the future with such clarity, it is as if we are talking about the past\u201d Simon Sinak<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Finally, as written in Philippians 4:8:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cWhatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, if anything is excellent or praiseworthy, think about such things.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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