Date: Friday, 6th October, 2023
Text: Matthew 11:12
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
Without faith it is impossible to please God. Faith is the spiritual hand with which we grab the blessings of God provided for us in the heavenly places. Sometimes gentle faith does not work; you may have to exercise your faith violently if you want quick results.
In today’s text, Christ said, “From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.” Matthew 11:12
A very good example of someone who exercised violent faith was the woman with the issue of blood for twelve years. She had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse. When she had heard of Jesus, she came in the press behind, and touched his garment because she said, “If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.” And immediately, the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. Mark 5: 25-29
She defied all odds and pressed her way through the crowd until she managed to get her miracle.
In the case of Blind Bartimeus, he could not press through the crowd because he could not see. But when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth passing by, he began to cry out, and say, “Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.” And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, “Thou son of David, have mercy on me.” He did not keep quiet until Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. He started that day as a blind man but before the end of the day, he forcefully got his sight. Mark 10:46-52
Are you tired of your current situation? Exercise your faith violently and possess your possession!
Action Nugget: Stretch out your spiritual hand of faith and forcefully grab the blessings of God provided for you in the heavenly places