In today’s world, people or many Christians try to mistake God and his ability to heal people (miracle). People tend to assume that it is all about faith, but majority of Christians have this misconception of faith.
They (these set of Christians) mostly mistake stupidity or foolishness for faith. Many people have come to assume foolishness to he faith, they will not do anything to alleviate the situation only keep it for God. You don’t need to use olive oil to put in an eye that has a cataract or glaucoma, the best is to head to hospital and see ophthalmologist.
Hosea chapter 6, my people are suffering for lack of knowledge. We have to know the practical Christianity. A pastor slumped and died on the altar and people assumed that God called him home, but he might have died of cardiac arrest. He must have had that sign. We must always try to demarcate stupidity from faith. You don’t mock God, you must always do the right thing and God is an orderly God.
A stitch in time saves nine. We have miracles and we believe in miracle and we have seen the manifestation of God in various ways but also we must do our own part as human. If we are sick we go to the hospital.
Mindset, we must change our mindset and the way we see things and it will help us. I am sorry many Christians are becoming very stupid and foolish in mistaking faith and reality. The earlier we start seeing things in the proper perspective the better for us all. We must do the right thing.
You don’t need faith to cure sugar issues and some things that is related to sugar, the proper thing a Christian should do is to avoid sugar, junk foods, soda etc. These are precursors of diabetes and other things. The practical Christianity is to avoid these first and then hope in God for delivery.
Mark 5, 25 – 34 takes about the issue of woman with the issue of blood. This lady has spent all that she had on treatment yet nothing was done or no sign of abating. She was still bleeding, mind you she has spent and did a lot of consultation maybe doctors and healers , now this woman faith grew, she didn’t even wait for Jesus to lay his hands on her… He faith was so robust that she believed in herself that if she can touch only the tip of the robes that would be done.. And she did that and she was made whole…. Remember she did the needful in all ramifications be it physical or spiritual.
Now, today’s Christian will not do anything, will not go to hospital, will not take medication, only run to church, God isn’t like that. You can’t bamboozle God that wait.
A lot of misconception today in the Christiandom is been propagates by false doctrine. We must try and do the right thing.
In the book of John chapter 5 vs 1- 3, here we are looking at the pool of Bethsaida, there was a place where people are and Jesus healed. And mind you the pool has a reputation of healing folks as of then. The folks there go there to get healed. They sick people wait for their turns to heal because an angel will descend and trouble the water to heal people. Remember that a man that has sickness for 38 yrs was there looking for healing, he has been around for a whole 38 yrs and that was Jesus time to step in and healed.
You can see that the man has done all things humanly possible to get healing until Jesus brought his spiritual manifestation. The key here is that there is need to do the needful before you still call God for miracle…
God said that he will bless the work of thy hands. How can you as a Christian expect God to bless your works when you haven’t shown dedication and commitment to whatever you do. You should know that whatever you do, do it deligently . We must show commitment in whatever we set ourselves to do. Bible is clear on that.
The holy books said, show me a man who is deligent in whatever he does, he will feed in the present of princes and princess. So be dedicated then you pray to God. You can’t stay in the house and expect God to bless you. That is more of stupidity and not faith. We must get these things clear.
God still answer prayers but it depends on the faith. You must have shown your faith and also some everything possible as a human. If we want God heal us and give us good health we must eat healthy. We must try to eat right and then leave the rest for God.
Faith without good work is useless, we must always do the good work before we throw these things to God.
Message from
Faith Cathedral International Ministry
Egbeda
Lagos State
