On one occasion, Jesus said to Brother Kenneth E. Hagin, “When I was on the earth, I was the power of God. If people needed a miracle, they had to touch Me – that’s why the people thronged to touch Me. But now that the Holy Ghost is on the earth, He is the power of God. And He is present everywhere – that’s why power is present everywhere. There’s enough power in every sick room to raise up that sick one if they only knew it was present and would give it action.”
We have to first know that the power of God is present. Thensecondly, give it action, which causes it to come into manifestation.
What brings it into manifestation? Faith. By speaking words of faith, the power of God will meet those words, and answers for our needs will come into manifestation.
If we can do something that brings power into manifestation, then we can do something that keeps it from coming into manifestation. We can OPEN the door to the power of God, or we can CLOSE the door to the power of God.
If a package is delivered to your home, the only way you can receive it is if you open the door. Even though it’s yours, it can’t reach you through a closed door. It can sit on the doorstep for a long time, but until you open the door, you can’t get the package, even though it’s yours. Things can’t reach you through closed doors. Neither can God’s power!
Speaking words of faith opens the door to the power of God to flow, but words of doubt and fear close the door to His power.
Power can be short-circuited. Worry is one thing that will short-circuit the power of God – it closes the door to it.
Fear is the opposite of faith. Fear manifests as worry, panic, anxiety attacks, etc.
Jesus stated in Matthew 6:25, “Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?”
If God doesn’t want us worrying about the “least things” of daily life, then you know He doesn’t want us to worry about the bigger things in life.
If we do something He tells us not to do, that’s sin. He’s telling us not to worry – so worry is a sin. Sin carries a penalty with it. It’s not a penalty from God, but a penalty from sin.
How do you know if you’re worrying? If you’re thinking about it!
You’ve probably heard Dad Hagin’s testimony of healing – how he was raised up from his deathbed by the power of God after being bedfast for 16 months. He first became bedfast at 15 years old, and the first day he became bedfast was the day he was born again. Once he was born again, God dealt with him first about the sin of worry before He started dealing with him about receiving divine healing.
On that bed, Brother Hagin started reading the New Testament. He eventually got to Matthew 6:25 where Jesus stated, “Take no thought for your life.” He realized that to obey the Bible, he would have to stop worrying about his body. Hethought he couldn’t stop worrying. He tried to keep reading past that verse, but the Bible became dark to him, and he got nothing out of it. The Bible became dark to him because he didn’t agree to obey Matthew 6:25 and stop worrying. After a time, he finally repented of the sin of worry and committed to not worry anymore.
During that time, he was having anywhere from 3-5 heart attacks a day. During a heart attack, he would hold onto the headboard posts, trying to stay alive. He had done that so much that he said he wore the varnish off the posts. But since he committed to God to not worry again, he realized he couldn’t hold onto the bedposts anymore trying to stay alive – that was worrying about dying. So, the next time he had a heart attack, instead of holding onto the bedposts like before, he let go of the posts. From that day on, he never had another heart attack.
God dealt with him about not worrying even before he knew that divine healing was available. He thought he had to die, according to medical science, yet he refused to worry about it.
Why did God deal with Brother Hagin about the sin of worry before He lead him into divine healing truths? As long as Hagin was going to worry, the door was closed to the power of God to heal him. If God had healed him while he still lived worried, worry would have robbed him of his healing.
In the story of the woman with the issue of blood in Mark 5:34, we read, “And He said to her, Daughter, your faith (your trust and confidence in Me, springing from faith in God) has restored you to health. Go in (into) PEACE and be continually healed and freed from your [distressing bodily] disease”(AMPC).
Jesus was telling her how to maintain her healing and not lose it – stay in peace. Worry, fear, and doubt will rob you of peace.
Jesus stated in John 14:27, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you....” Then He tells us how to stay in peace. “...Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
Philippians 4:6-8 reads, “Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything...” (AMPC).
What are we do with our worries and cares? Firat Peter 5:7 tells us: “Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully”(AMPC).
We are not to ignore problems that need to be dealt with, but we are to put them in His hands, trusting Him to take care of them. We are to then thank Him every day that He’s taking care of them – therefore, we refuse to worry or think about them.
Worry is a sign that we are holding onto the care, the problem. God can’t work until we let go of it, casting the care on Him and expecting Him to work it out.
When we obey the Word and refuse to worry, then our faith can work and God’s power can flow unhindered to meet our need.
Let’s make sure that we aren’t closing the door to the power of God, but are leaving it open by refusing to worry and releasing our faith in the power of God.