AS YOU BELIEVE, SO SHALL IT BE DONE UNTO YOU
Jesus said that faith is essential to making your life into what you want it to be. He said, "As you believe, so it shall be done unto you." What is it about faith that makes it so important?
1. Faith changes your vision. When you have faith, you see possibilities that other people cannot appreciate. While others stumble around in spiritual darkness, you see where you are going, and you have clarity of purpose.
2. Faith changes your focus. You radically shift your focus in a new direction, and that focus expands. Instead of your limited and short-sighted dreams, you have the privilege of experiencing God's dream for your life.
3. Faith takes the handcuffs off God. God doesn't push and shove his way into your life. He enters your heart and mind by invitation only. You must ask him to come in and change the way you think and feel. Once you ask him into your heart and mind, the handcuffs come off God, and He starts working miracles.
4. Faith gives you positive expectations. Your old way of thinking and feeling is gone. You believe that there is no limit to how good your life can become when you get in agreement with God's plan. When you say yes to God, his purpose and plan take you places that you never dreamed were possible.
5. Faith is a switch that turns you on and starts you moving. The inertia of your old life dissipates as the power of God's love rolls through your heart and mind.
6. Faith makes you congruent. Your head, heart, and will now want the same thing and move in the same direction. You get in agreement with God, and become a part of his unstoppable plan.
7. Faith gives you courage when you place your trust in God. God is your Defender, the Captain of your fate, and the Master of your soul. He is your Guide and will show you where to take the next stop. He knows your life from start to finish, and it won't be over until he says it's over. You have nothing to fear.
