Affair with God

And 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).

When it comes to receiving from God, you have to know how to take what belongs to you. Many don�t know how to receive and that explains why they seem to be in a dilemma in their faith walk. The way to receive from God is very different from what most people are familiar with. Where the Bible says, �� they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ� (Romans 5:17), most people interpret that word �receive� the same way they would consider receiving a letter from their mailbox, without any effort on their part.

However, the idea the Word brings to us suggests something different. The word �receive� is from a Greek word �lambano,� which doesn�t suggest passively receiving something, but �taking� or �catching� something and making it yours. So when God says to you �receive,� He�s telling you, �TAKE what belongs to you; reach out and go for it! Take a hold of it and make it yours!� You�re not supposed to sit idly by and say, � If God wants me to have it, I�ll have it!� You�re the one to take what He�s already made available to you.

When the woman with the issue of blood touched Jesus� garment and received her healing, the Lord didn�t do anything to make it happen; she was the one that pulled the power out of Him (Mark 5:29). After all, the Roman soldiers stripped Jesus of His garments and received nothing, because they didn�t believe (Matthew 27:35). So it wasn�t a question of Jesus� powerful garment but an active faith to �lambano� His grace of blessings.

This is what you should do about your healing�take it! Don�t remain another day in sickness; God has already done all He needed to do for you to live in divine health (1 Peter 2:24). He�s done all that�s necessary for your prosperity (2 Corinthians 8:9). No matter what you require right now or what you�ve been expecting, the Bible says �all things are yours� (1 Corinthians 3:21)! Take what belongs to you!

CONFESSION
In the Name of Jesus, I take my healing! I take my prosperity and the good life! I appropriate unto myself all the wonderful blessings of God which are wrapped up in the gospel of Jesus. Success is mine, in the Name of Jesus! Victory is mine, in the Name of Jesus! I take a hold of everything God has in store for me today. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY
1 Timothy 6:12 - Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

Mark 11:24 - Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.