One of the most important laws in the Bible is the law of sowing and reaping or giving and receiving. Most people struggle with this because they can’t understand it, but most believers struggle with it because they haven’t mastered it. Most believer’s think that the most difficult part of this law is giving, so we work on our giving and have faith for the giving part but still can’t understand why sometimes we don’t think it is working for us. The giving part is the easy part; the part that takes a little more faith is the receiving part.
When you give what are you expecting, or are you expecting at all? We all have to train our hearts to receive, not just what your natural mind is expecting to receive but train your heart to receive anything that God wants to give. Don’t put yourself in a position where your heart and mind is in tunnel vision, just expecting to receive that one thing that God promised you. Instead keep your heart and mind open to all possibilities and catch everything He throws your way.
In the book of Acts (3:2-9), Peter and John were entering a temple and there was a man lying outside of the gate collecting alms. He looked at Peter and John expecting to receive something, Peter and John had no silver or gold to offer, but instead they healed this man that could not walk since he was born. The key phrase in the scripture was that this man was expecting to receive, if his heart wasn’t expecting to receive anything than he probably wouldn’t have been healed.
The way we prepare our hearts to receive is simply by believing; believing that something good can and will happen to you, no matter what you see with your natural eyes. For we walk by faith and not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7). Belief and unbelief cannot co-exist together.
Matthew 13:58 (KJV)
And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
Jesus himself could not bless the people of his hometown because they simply didn’t believe; their hearts weren’t expecting to receive what Jesus had to offer.
When God spoke to Abraham and told him that he was going to be a father of many nations, even though he had no children and he was about one hundred years old; in the book of Romans it tells you how he responded.
Romans 4:20 (KJV)
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
His heart was ready to receive.
When an angel appeared before Mary and told her that she was going to conceive a child, her response was; be it unto me. Her heart was ready to receive what God had promised. I think the one in this situation that had to receive it the most was Joseph. His virgin wife was having a child but it wasn’t his seed. I don’t know about you but I think husbands all around the world would have an issue with this. It wasn’t until an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and told him what was happening. He heard and believed, his heart was ready to receive (Matthew 1:20). Just imagine if unbelief would have taken its course in Mary and Joseph, if that would have been the case we would probably be reading about two different individuals in the Bible regarding that situation.
So what has God promised you lately? Is your heart ready to receive it, or are still on the fence of belief and unbelief? What you receive and do not receive is totally up to you. If you still have a bit of unbelief in your heart because your natural mind can’t comprehend it, just ask God to remove it.
And from this day forward just tell yourself that you believe that God has a plan for your life and you receive everything He has for you in the name of Jesus. Amen
We pray that this be a blessing on your life.
Daryle and Tracy Houston
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org
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