What’s your Thought?

²⁷ She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. ²⁸ For she said, “If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.” ²⁹ And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. 

The Faith Paradigm

Starts with a thought, Dreams the possible, Acts on the improbable, Lives in the reality.

Starts with a thought. 

Faith comes by hearing.  She had heard the reports and she thought to herself.  If I touch him, I could be healed.  Our thoughts originate in response to the good news that we hear.  God loves you and will save you.  A person then thinks,  “Could God possibly save me?  Am I beyond saving?  How could God love me?”  These are not random thoughts.  They flow forth from a trustworthy God.

Dreams the possible.

She thought if I touch him, I could be healed.  David thought if I throw the rock, I could take Goliath down.  Caleb thought if God was for them, no mountain or giant could stand in his way.  Faith is the evidence of things unseen.   That which seems to crazy, just might work.

Acts on the improbable

The dream has to move into action.  She moved through the crowd and touched him.  Her disease made her unclean.  She should not have even been among the crowd.  She especially was not supposed to touch the teacher because of her issue of blood.  Yet, she touched Jesus who was and is holy.  What would had happen if she had just gotten close, but turned aside.  Acting on our thoughts moves us through the faith cycle.

Lives in the Reality

We can’t fully explain it, but she was instantly healed and knew it,  She was HEALED.  That thought became a reality for her.  For the person who is trusting God for finances and God says give to another.  Your action opens the path for your reality of provision in your life.  Faith is not just some theory.  It moves into our reality when we follow the faith cycle.

How many times have we had a thought and just let it slip by?  How many times do we squash our dreams because they seem to far fetched to be a reality?  How many times have we been afraid to act on our thoughts because we were uncertain of the outcome?  What is the wonderful testimony of God’s provision in areas where you have acted in faith?  Once I was blind, but NOW I see.

The Faith Paradigm.   Starts with a thought, dreams the possible, acts on the improbable, lives in the reality.

Father, help us to see the simplicity of living by faith.  Help us to obey the promptings of the Holy Spirit that come to us through the impressions in our mind.  Actually help us to discern what originates in our spirit that our soul will obey.  Thank you for loving us in spite of our “little” faith.  Help us to be bold and act on what we hear.  In Jesus Name, Amen.