Every Wednesday night (and formerly Sunday mornings) for years I've said the church's confession over my tithes that I'm "believing the Lord for" and there's a list of things. One of those things that would really be a huge miracle to me right now is "bills paid off". So I'm sitting at lunch today and God showed me something about saying that. Usually when we're saying it at church we're just doing it because it's what we do, but what if we actually believed??? If we believed, we would act like it was true. If it was true, I would not be sitting still while I made that confession... I'd be jumping around everywhere and yelling excitedly because there's a LOT of debt in my life that needs to be paid off - debt that has kept me from doing the things I need to for God. Having that paid off (early) would be one of the most exciting things to ever happen in my life. It would be a freedom like never before. So I wonder, do I believe that the Word is true when it says in Malachi that the windows of Heaven will be opened up to me and a blessing poured out to the extent that I have no where to put it? (That is actually what it says!) I need to act like it! I need to believe to the point of action (because what you actually believe is what you will act upon, anything you don't act on, you don't really believe) and I need to realize that it is TRUTH I am confessing, and God has promised that my bills will be paid off (and really it's in His best interest even more than mine).
I need more than words or a head belief... I need expectation.
