Dr Pastor Paul Enenche at the first service, Glory Dome, Abuja on ‘The Release or Deployment of Faith’.
Mark 2:1-5
- Faith that is developed but not deployed will never deliver
- It is very important to develop faith but it is not enough to stop at the development of faith.
- The object of faith development is faith deployment
The reason why we develop our faith is to deploy the developed faith
*There are many who understand what to do to develop their faith but many do not understand what to do to deploy their faith - The matter of faith places the responsibility of action on the believer
- Faith always has something to do with action and works
James 2:17
Faith is dead without action, it is not just enough to possess, present or develop faith, it is enough to deploy faith. A cube of sugar thrown into a glass of water is of limited value except it is stirred.
- Answers in the head are useless in the exam until they are released. You know the answer but you didn’t present it, so you failed gallantly – you failed full of knowledge. Your problem was not that you didn’t know the answer, your problem was that you didn’t supply the answer when the demand was made; that is how the matter of faith is
- The problem of most people is not that faith is not available but that it is not depolyable when the demands arise
HOW DO YOU DEPLOY YOUR FAITH?
1) Word-filled or Faith-filled Thoughts
- How you think is a reflection of the release of faith
WHAT does this mean?
a) Keeping your thoughts lined up with the Word
- It is a release of faith
b) Maintaining revelational and revolutionary thinking rather than traditional or limiting thinking
WHY is this important?
a) God hears and answers not just words but thoughts (Ephesians 3:20)
b) The limit of thought or mentality determines the limit of result or possibility
- How far you can think is how far you can experience
2) Word-filled or Faith-filled Declarations (Isaiah 43:26)
WHAT is this all about?
a) Continually declaring your postion based on Word revelation
- Revelation that is not declared will not result in revolution (2 Corinthians 4:13)
- Anything that has not been spoken has not been fully believed, to believe it is to declare it
There is a major difference between confessing the Word and declaring the Word.
In confessing the Word, you are quoting the scripture and saying: “it is written, ‘by His stripes I am healed’, it is written ‘Himself took my infirmities and carried my diseases so I receive my healing'”.
In declaration, you are stating your position based on what you saw out of scripture. “Himself took my infirmities and carried my diseases, what He has carried cannot be there, therefore, I can’t be sick!”. This is beyond confession, this is declaration!
b) Declaring the truth of the Word irrespective of – or in the face of – the facts of life
The facts said “there is recession in the country, there is poverty and scarcity in the land” but the Truth said “when men are cast down, you shall say: ‘there is a lifting up'”. So there is a lifting up for me! (Job 22:29; Isaiah 8:12-13)
- Faith is speaking it when there is no reason to say so, it is saying the unsayable, thinking the unthinkable and declaring the undeclarable
WHY do we speak like that?
a) God confirms the word of His servant and performs the counsel of His messenger (Isaiah 44:26)
- As you speak it, He confirms and performs
b) All of creation was programmed by God to respond to the Word of God (Jeremiah 22:29)
- Faith does not only speak to God, faith speaks to things (Mark 11:23)
- You can speak to your business premises, you can speak to your organs and your system, you can speak to your destiny, your career and you can speak to everything around you
- Many of us are busy quarrelling with God when we should be busy talking to things and knocking out things that are not working
3) Word-based or Faith-based Actions (Exodus 23:25; Deuteronomy 28:1-2; Mark 16:20; 5:25-30; Luke 5:1-5; John 9:1-7; 2 Corinthians 5:7)
- You release your faith by deliberately acting in some ways
WHAT does this mean?
a) Standing on the Word or taking steps in line with the Word (2 Corinthians 5:7)
b) Obeying God to prove that you believe Him, hence committing Him to do what He had promised (Deuteronomy 28:1-2; Exodus 23:25)
- There are those who are taking some actions without revelation and there are those with revelation without action
- Faith is not just claiming or quoting promises, it is accepting responsibilities
- There are many promise-quoters who are just stranded
- Every time God gives you a promise, find out the demand because every promise of God is settling on a premise
WHY do we need to do something?
a) Action is the switch of supernatural power (Luke 6:19)
- The word VIRTUE means DUNAMIS or POWER
- As long as the faith is in your heart, everything is dormant. The moment you begin to move, talk and think right, the power is switched-on to produce the results that are desired
b) The action of man invites the reaction of God (Mark 14:20)
- In the game of chess, when you have made your move you don’t need to beg the other player to move
- The move of man immediately provokes the move of God
- You don’t need to pray extra for God to move once you are moving
4) The Prayer of Faith
WHAT does this mean?
a) Praying revelation-based prayers not just sentimental prayers (Hosea 14:2)
- When you are appearing before the Lord, go with His word, go with revelation, take the Word with you and turn to the Lord
b) Praying the will of God as discovered from the Word of God
- This is what God wants for my life, destiny, children, marriage or business. If that is what God wants, then I am standing before God to let Him know that this is what shall be according to His Word (1 John 5:14-15)
WHY is it important?
a) God will always identify with and confirm His Word (Jeremiah 1:11-12)
b) Word-based, Faith-filled prayer leaves no room for doubt and unbelief (James 1:5; James 5:14-16)
- It easily secures the attention of God
Elijah was quoting words at the place of prayer and before he could finish, fire fell! (1 Kings 18:36)
5) The Praise of Faith
WHAT does it mean?
a) Praising God on the basis of belief in His Word (Psalm 106:12)
b) Praising God in advance of desired results
- You are dancing for what you are yet to see
- You are celebrating the marriage that has not yet happened
- You are celebrating the breakthrough that has not yet happened
- You are celebrating the fruit of the womb that has not yet happened
- You are celebrating your healing: HIV negative, Hepatitis negative that has not yet happened
- If you wait for things to happen before you celebrate God, you may wait forever but that will not be your portion in Jesus name.
That is one of the highest levels of faith
WHAT happens when you offer the praise of faith?
i) The praise of faith instantly invites divine presence and activity because God inhabits the praises of His people (Psalm 22:3)
ii) Praising in the absence of evidence is placing high confidence in God’s faithfulness and that moves Him to action (Hebrews 11:6; Romans 4:20)
:- Faith is not just what you believe, it is how you behave
- You believe God? How do you behave?
- Faith is how you behave, how you think, how you talk, how you act, how you pray and how you praise (James 2:18)
- People of faith behave in some ways that are different from ordinary people, they think different, they talk different and they act different. They don’t make small plans at all
- Don’t consider provision before the vision, the most important thing is not what you have but what you want
- Vision will attract provision
- If it is your plan, plan according to your pocket but if it is His plan, plan according to His pocket
- Until your behaviour has changed, your belief hasn’t changed
- Everytime you believe differently, you begin to behave differently and you begin to experience a different outcome in life
:- Until faith is backed by action it will be devoid of manifestation
It’s a new day for you! The next time you step into the place of prayer, I declare that the prayer will secure the attention of heaven IN JESUS NAME!
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