January 28, 2010

I Believe It!

Joyce Meyer, Daily Devotional










































January 28




Truly I tell you, whoever
says to this mountain, Be lifted up and thrown into the sea! and does
not doubt at all in his heart but believes that what he says will take
place, it will be done for him.
—Mark 11:23

We
say that we live in a complicated society, but I believe we are the
complicated ones, and we complicate life. I don't think life is so
complicated; I think it is our approach to life that is complicated.
Serving God should not be complicated, and yet it can become very
complicated and complex. I believe we are the ones who make it that way.
Think about the simple, uncomplicated approach a child has to life.
Something that children seem to have in common is this: they are going
to enjoy themselves if at all possible. They are carefree and completely
without concern. And they believe what they are told. It is their
nature to trust unless they have had an experience in that area that
taught them otherwise.

Jesus wants us to grow and mature in our
behavior, but He also wants us to remain childlike with an attitude of
trust and dependence toward Him. Remember, He told us in John 3:16, "God
so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes
in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (NKJV, emphasis
mine). All He wants to hear us say is, "I believe it."

When God
says something to you in your heart or when you read something in the
Bible, you should say: "I believe it. If God says that He will prosper
me, I believe it. If He says that I will reap if I give, I believe it.
If He says to forgive my enemies, even though it doesn't make any sense
to me, I believe it—and, instead of going to beat them up, I am going to
do what He says. If He says to pray for my enemies, I believe it, and I
am going to do it. If He says to call 'things that are not as though
they were,' I believe it, and I am going to do it."


From the
book New Day, New You: 365 Devotions for Enjoying Everyday
Life by Joyce Meyer. Copyright 2007 by Joyce Meyer. Published by
FaithWords. All rights reserved.

Dear Father, in watchfulness, may I stand firm in faith, be courageous
and strong. Let everything I do be done in love. May I be a sincere
labourer in your vineyard, always extending sincere blessings to
brothers and sisters in Christ. Most of all, help me to love the Lord
Jesus Christ with all my heart and soul. Amen.