Hebrews 4:3 tells us, “…[His] works had been COMPLETED and PREPARED [and WAITING for all who would BELIEVE] from the foundation of the world” (AMPC).
Everything we need to fulfill God’s will and to live the life He authored for us has already been completed and prepared – it’s just waiting for our faith to show up! He completed and prepared our answer long before our need ever showed up – it’s been waiting from the foundation of the world!
How does our faith show up? Through our words and actions. When we declare what He said is ours and act on His Word, that’s our faith giving God permission to perform what He has already provided and said about our lives.
It Is Given!
God told me that there is something that someone is going to give to the ministry – something I won’t have to purchase. So, for a period of time, I have been saying, “Someone’s going to give me a ________.”
But recently, God corrected me in what I was saying. He said, “It is given – just receive what’s already been given!” So, I corrected myself, saying, “It is given – and I receive it!
We receive based on what God has already given – not based on what someone else gives. By me saying what someone else is going to do, I’m focusing on someone else’s part – on what they are doing. Instead, I am to focus on and talk about what God has already given. By talking about what someone else is going to do, that’s focusing on the manifestation. Faith doesn’t focus on the manifestation, but on what God has already done. As I talk about what God has already done, then the manifestation will come.
The Hebrews who were delivered out of Egypt failed to take possession of the land that God said was theirs because they focused on the giants. They didn’t focus on what God had already given them; He had already given them the land. They wouldn’t move with God based on what He said. They would only believe what they saw.
Faith only deals with words – God’s words. Don’t believe anything more than you believe what God says!
Get or Got
One of my favorite stories of Dad Hagin’s is about the time he had recurring heart symptoms. As a teenager, he had been healed and raised off his deathbed from a heart condition, but years later, alarming heart symptoms tried to return.
When the symptoms came in the middle of the night, he just pulled the bed covers up over his head and started laughing. He didn’t feel like laughing, so he just “put on” a laugh – ha, ha, ha!
After about 10 minutes, the devil asked, “What are you laughing at?”
He replied, “I’m laughing at you because you said that this is one time I’m not going to get my healing.”
“That’s right,” the devil threatened, “this is one time you’re not going to get your healing.”
Dad Hagin kept laughing – ha, ha, ha!
Again, the devil questioned, “What are you laughing at?”
He replied, “I already told you. I’m laughing at you because you said that this is one time I’m not going to get my healing.”
“That’s right,” the devil threatened, “this is one time you’re not going to get your healing.”
“What do I want to get my healing for? Jesus already got it for me! Now, gather up all your symptoms and get out of here!” And he did – every symptom left.
One letter makes all the difference between get or got. You don’t have to get anything – you just need to know what you have already got!
No matter what you need, your answer is already completed, prepared, and given – it’s just waiting for you to receive what He has already given!