I have a couple of favorite preachers and one of them is Sarah Jakes Roberts , the daughter to the famous Bishop TD Jakes.I have listened to almost all her sermons on you tube and i love that she is not just a preacher but also a prayer warrior.So there is this phrase she loves to use, ' I am crazy enough to believe...'. And she will go on to declare the things she is believing God for. I used to wonder why she often used the word 'crazy' until i found myself in the same place.
I am in a place right now in my life , where all i have is this crazy faith...
Let me take you back a bit to an experience i had in campus. In my class of B com Finance we were very few during that year and so we all connected somehow.As it is a custom of most university students, before the lecturer came in , we would talk about all things and nothing. I loved to sit at the front row in class, not because i was a chopi ( bright student in class) . I felt comfortable there..at the front. I think i have always been a front girl.And so we would joke around and say, guys at the front row will get first class honors, true to that word all of us got first class honors.And though i said this with some conviction , i never imagined that this would one day become a reality( the power of the tongue). First year, second year i was doing okay, until third , things changed on my report form. My hope of attaining a first class honor was slowly fading away. I was so devastated.The day i received my report form i went straight to the prayer room with it.I poured my heart to God and i told Him that the report form showed me of been average which i was not.I always believed i was not an average student. Average is a killer of greatness if you remain there.Average shows you have potential to be great.
Long story short , to this day i don't know where my third year report form is( the one i took to God in the prayer room), it mysterious disappeared ( I got a replacement though later on). In my fourth year, God worked wonders, i performed excellently, it was far beyond my expectations.And yes i got a first class!That was crazy crazy faith! Glory to God!
The word crazy means extremely enthusiastic, passionate, fanatical, excited, and yes mad ( to mean manifested in wild or aggressive behavior). Tell me if your loved one is sick in hospital and there are scares of death, people might think you are crazy to believe for your loved ones recovery. Its beyond a human beings imagination and mind. That could only be the mind of Christ in you propelling you to believe for something impossible in the eyes of men. Tell me was Daniel , Shadrach , Meshach and Abednego not crazy to believe that God would save them in the den of lions. I would go on and on , the list is endless of men and women of faith. The bible says in Hebrews 11,
I am in a place right now in my life , where all i have is this crazy faith...
Let me take you back a bit to an experience i had in campus. In my class of B com Finance we were very few during that year and so we all connected somehow.As it is a custom of most university students, before the lecturer came in , we would talk about all things and nothing. I loved to sit at the front row in class, not because i was a chopi ( bright student in class) . I felt comfortable there..at the front. I think i have always been a front girl.And so we would joke around and say, guys at the front row will get first class honors, true to that word all of us got first class honors.And though i said this with some conviction , i never imagined that this would one day become a reality( the power of the tongue). First year, second year i was doing okay, until third , things changed on my report form. My hope of attaining a first class honor was slowly fading away. I was so devastated.The day i received my report form i went straight to the prayer room with it.I poured my heart to God and i told Him that the report form showed me of been average which i was not.I always believed i was not an average student. Average is a killer of greatness if you remain there.Average shows you have potential to be great.
Long story short , to this day i don't know where my third year report form is( the one i took to God in the prayer room), it mysterious disappeared ( I got a replacement though later on). In my fourth year, God worked wonders, i performed excellently, it was far beyond my expectations.And yes i got a first class!That was crazy crazy faith! Glory to God!
The word crazy means extremely enthusiastic, passionate, fanatical, excited, and yes mad ( to mean manifested in wild or aggressive behavior). Tell me if your loved one is sick in hospital and there are scares of death, people might think you are crazy to believe for your loved ones recovery. Its beyond a human beings imagination and mind. That could only be the mind of Christ in you propelling you to believe for something impossible in the eyes of men. Tell me was Daniel , Shadrach , Meshach and Abednego not crazy to believe that God would save them in the den of lions. I would go on and on , the list is endless of men and women of faith. The bible says in Hebrews 11,
32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. 35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection
Please read the whole chapter.
So i am here to tell you, do not fret when people start to think you are becoming a little bit crazy to trust God for the impossible. All these men and women of Faith are cheering you on. Great is the cloud of witnesses.
I must say jotting down this blog i felt stretched and it felt uncomfortable. But if we are desiring to be great and also to see this been made manifest in our lives we must push beyond the limits and become all that God desires us to be.
When it is all said and done, i will be back to give the testimony.
Crazy faith!
With love,
Bernice
Luke 17:6
ReplyDeleteThe Lord answered, "If you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, 'May you be uprooted and thrown into the sea,' and it would obey you!
powerful
Amen! Thanks
DeleteAnd without faith it is impossible to please God
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