Home Page > Mark My Word Daily Mark My Word Daily with Reinhard Bonnke Tuesday, January 28 A Present Tense Faith ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, says the Lord, ‘who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. (Revelation 1:8) I have a present tense God and He has given me present tense faith. A leper in the New Testament saw something about Christ that few others have seen: When He had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him. And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, ‘Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean. Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, ‘I am willing; be cleansed. Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Meeting Jesus, this leper said if You will, You can make me clean. Not ‘If You can, You will, but ‘If You will, You can! The Bible was not written to tell us what God can do - we know that He is Almighty - the Bible tells us what God will do. It is easy to believe that God did things long ago ... but past tense faith is hollow unless it becomes a present tense faith for today. John wrote of faith in three tenses: past, present, and future. He said grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come ... and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness. What He will be, He is now and always has been! Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Healing is a part of His nature. Therefore, to be consistent with Himself, He will heal. The issue then becomes our faith - or lack of it (also known as doubt). Let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord. So do not let doubt interfere with what you know about the nature of God! The God who created the universe did not go into retirement when the task was complete. What He did then shows us what He is now, and always will be - creative, active, and good. Creation was the first and greatest of all miracles. So what is the problem with God healing deaf ears or blind eyes? Yet too many have a ‘used-to-be God, anchored in history. We have a present tense God, and He has given us a present tense faith!
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 12:39:15 +0000