“Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing Psalms. Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much”. – James 5:13-16
LIGHT FOR NOW: At new birth, the faith God took resident in a believer; the believer thus has a responsibility to put this faith to work by speaking.
The believer must note that it is not every prayer that is the prayer of faith. If there is a sick believer, the prayer of faith shall save the sick. Many are not honest enough to admit that they are living in unbelief. Sickness is of the devil. Acts 10:38 “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him”. God anointed Jesus to unto the works of the devil. The word “faith” in the term “prayer of faith” requires our attention. The writer of Hebrews tells us in Hebrews 11:6 “…but without faith, it is impossible to please God…”
People have interpreted this as we need to go get faith to approach God; that is a lack of contextual reading. We do not need to go look for faith to please God. “Without faith, it is impossible to please God” Who gave us the faith? God gave us faith. Hence, he gave us what is required to please himself – faith. Hebrews 12:2 “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God”. God has given us what it takes to please him. Hebrews 10:20-21 “By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; And having an high priest over the house of God”. We have come to God; we can not be in need of faith to please God. Glory!
INSTRUCTION: You are lacking faith. The totality of God’s faith resides in you, acknowledging this!
CONFESSION: I have faith as a right and privilege in Christ. I don’t receive faith to pray to God; I already have faith, and I put my faith to work by speaking in prayers, in Jesus’ Name, Amen.
QUOTE: The believer is not deficient of faith; he is sufficient of faith.
DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: ACTS CHAPTER 10; EVENING: HEBREWS CHAPTER 10
LIGHT FROM THE WORD 