It is amazing what faith can work out in your life. I’ve always used the words "NO" and "YET" exactly as my English teacher taught me to. I would say no when I did not prefer something and yet when I had not finished working on something. All that changed recently, and I can tell you that without hesitate! The elements that God has performed in my life have never agreed with the circumstances. My emotions, my resources, my senses, they have all been divine.
It is having a history with God that always assures me that if He did it yesterday, He will do it today. I got sick late last year and the pain I felt in my stomach was unbearable.
I could not stand, sleep, sit, walk, stretch or make any movement that would involve my muscles. So I curled up in my bed and took my phone, and decided to ask "Google" what was the problem. That was a wrong move right there, because the suggestions it came up with all pointed towards death or an operation. I put my phone aside and prayed. I just asked God to tell me what was wrong with me, read Psalm 91 & 118, and slept.
The pain woke me up the next morning, and so I decided to go to the hospital. After a comprehensive checkup, the doctor told me that there was nothing they could do about the pain since everything seemed to be okay. So he told me that I needed to get some really strong painkillers . And he also hoped that, the pain would flee, when I got pregnant. First and foremost, however, I did not have a boyfriend and there was even no prospect whatsoever of getting one, so I ruled out getting a baby out, which left me with the painkiller option.
I told God that there was no way I would live on painkillers. Because that was not what He intended for me, when He created me with love. The most fascinating thing happened after that prayer: all the pain left. I tried bending and sitting as well as stretching, but there was no pain. So I started smiling really hard and wide, and for a moment, my mother thought the pain was showing me things and that I was slowly slipping into a "crazy world." Faith never goes with what the situation dictates.
As a child of God, I have learnt how to use the term "YET". You see, just because everything seems to be shaky around you, it doesn’t mean that is how things will always be. I have been in the darkest of places, but it is during those moments that I learnt to shift my focus back to Christ, because my circumstances all the time showed me that things won’t work, hence the introduction of yet.
Just because you have not received what you were hoping for, do not say, for example, "No, I don’t have a house," you say, "and I don’t have a job yet." By using the word YET, I mean that I don’t see it, I don’t feel it, but even though my environment says NO, my faith says YES, because I have received the promise in my spirit and am just waiting for the physical manifestation of it. It is crazy what faith can do to your system. I’ve always used the words "NO" and "YET" exactly as my English teacher taught me to. I would say no when I did not want something and yet when I had not finished working on something. All that changed recently.
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