Today I want to look at a portion of Faith Food by Kenneth E. Hagin:
"For with the heart man believeth... (Rom. 10:10); "...And shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe... (Mark 11:23).
Faith - real faith, Bible faith, scriptural faith - is of the heart, not the head.
What does it mean to believe with the heart? What is the heart of man? Well, it's not the physical organ that pumps blood through your body and keeps you alive. You couldn't believe with your physical heart any more than you could believe with your physical hand, eye, ear, nose, or foot!
Consider how we use the term heart today. When we talk about the heart of a tree, we mean the center, the very core of the tree. When we talk about the heart of a subject, we mean the most important part of that subject, the very center of it, the main part around which the rest revolves.
Faith - real faith, Bible faith, scriptural faith - is of the heart, not the head.
What does it mean to believe with the heart? What is the heart of man? Well, it's not the physical organ that pumps blood through your body and keeps you alive. You couldn't believe with your physical heart any more than you could believe with your physical hand, eye, ear, nose, or foot!
Consider how we use the term heart today. When we talk about the heart of a tree, we mean the center, the very core of the tree. When we talk about the heart of a subject, we mean the most important part of that subject, the very center of it, the main part around which the rest revolves.
So what exactly IS the heart of a person? The heart is the very center of our being! Remember, we are triune beings, just like God (1 Thessalonians 5:23)! We ARE spirit beings. We HAVE souls (mind, emotions and will). We LIVE in physical bodies while here on earth (earth suits!). The heart CANNOT be only the spirit, because the perfect spirit would not be able to doubt! If we CAN doubt in our heart, then there MUST be another component to the heart! There is! The heart of a believer is made up of our recreated spirit, which is now in the image of God and made PERFECT, and our souls, that are NOT perfect, but must be perfected (renewed) daily by meditating on the Word of God (Romans 12:2). When our minds are renewed, the soul and spirit agree and doubt is not allowed to have a voice! THAT is when we receive whatever we need from God! AMEN! Let's find out what the Word of God has to say about each and every situation and circumstance we face. Let's meditate on that promise until it becomes so real to us that there is no room for doubts. NOW we can ask it faith, nothing wavering, and KNOW that receive the promise (1 John 5:14-15)! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "The Greatness of Our God":
Verse 1:
Give me eyes to see
More of who You are
May what I behold,
still my anxious heart.
Take what I have known
And break it all apart
For You my God, are greater still.
CHORUS
No sky contains,
No doubt restrains,
All You are,
The greatness of our God.
I spend my life to know,
And I'm far from close
To all You are,
The greatness of our God.
Verse 2:
Give me grace to see
Beyond this moment here.
To believe that there
Is nothing left to fear.
That You alone are high above it all.
For You my God, are greater still.
CHORUS 2x
No sky contains,
No doubt restrains,
All You are,
The greatness of our God.
I spend my life to know,
And I'm far from close
To all You are,
The greatness of our God.
Brigde: 2x
And there is nothing
That can ever separate us.
There is nothing that can ever
separate us from Your love.
No life, no death, of this I am convinced.
You my God, are greater still.
2x:
And no words can say, or song convey,
all You are the greatness of our God.
I spend my life to know,
And I'm far from close
to all You are,
the greatness of our God.
Give me eyes to see
More of who You are
May what I behold,
still my anxious heart.
Take what I have known
And break it all apart
For You my God, are greater still.
CHORUS
No sky contains,
No doubt restrains,
All You are,
The greatness of our God.
I spend my life to know,
And I'm far from close
To all You are,
The greatness of our God.
Verse 2:
Give me grace to see
Beyond this moment here.
To believe that there
Is nothing left to fear.
That You alone are high above it all.
For You my God, are greater still.
CHORUS 2x
No sky contains,
No doubt restrains,
All You are,
The greatness of our God.
I spend my life to know,
And I'm far from close
To all You are,
The greatness of our God.
Brigde: 2x
And there is nothing
That can ever separate us.
There is nothing that can ever
separate us from Your love.
No life, no death, of this I am convinced.
You my God, are greater still.
2x:
And no words can say, or song convey,
all You are the greatness of our God.
I spend my life to know,
And I'm far from close
to all You are,
the greatness of our God.
Shalom in Him!
