“Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?” (Isa. 53:1).
Jesus said, “All things are possible to him that believeth” (Mark 9:23). The only qualification He gave us is that we must believe. So often that’s the hard part for most of us. We say, “Lord, why did You make it so hard? Dear God, it’s hard to believe.”
Believing is the product, or the offspring, of God’s Word planted in the human heart. Our problem hasn’t been our lack of ability to believe; it has been not knowing what to believe. Believing has always seemed like an abstract, intangible mystery.
Someone says, “Man, I’m trying to believe God.”
“What are you trying to believe?”
“I’m trying to believe God!”
But God gets a little more specific. He asks, “Who hath believed our report?” In any given situation, we need to find out what God is saying and believe His report.
In the Garden of Eden, God told Adam, “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die” (Gen. 2:17). Later the serpent beguiled Eve, saying, “Ye shall not surely die” (Gen. 3:4).
Now Eve had two reports. She’d never had this choice before—and she chose to believe the serpent’s report!
When the Israelites were approaching the Promised Land, they sent in twelve spies. Joshua and Caleb returned and said, “Oh, yeah, it’s just as God said, and we’re well able to take it. Let’s go do it!” But the other ten came back and said, “No way! We can’t do it!”
In any situation in our lives, we have a choice. We can either believe what it looks like, seems like, or feels like, or we can believe what God says. The serpent asked Eve, “Yea, hath God said?” (Gen. 3:1). Yes, He has. God has said something about every situation we’ll ever run into. Let’s look the problem straight in the face and say, “God has said!” If we want His power revealed in our lives, let’s believe His report!
God said that by Jesus’ stripes, I was healed. I choose
to believe God’s report. I fully expect His healing
power to be revealed in my life!
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers
For over 40 years, Pastors Mark and Janet Brazee have traveled throughout the world sharing the Word of God and the Spirit of God. Together they've shared the powerful truths of faith and healing in more than 50 nations.
Today Mark and Janet pastor World Outreach Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where they base their ongoing outreach to the world. The Brazees still travel as the Lord leads, and they are raising up a congregation who share their passion to reach Tulsa and the world.