EXPRESS JOY BY PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME.
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms (James 5:13).
Imagine that someone got the news that a kind person left him an estate worth a hundred million dollars; how do you think heโd receive the news? Iโm most certain he wonโt receive it with a listless โThank you.โ Heโll express much joy for what he received. Likewise, when you pray about a situation, maybe a health condition, and you believe God answered you, act like it. Express joy!
One day many years ago, I was leading the church service and had invited everyone to come forward for prayer. They all came around the altar and prayed. After the prayer, they returned to their seats as though they had just been whipped, and the Lord said to me, โThey didnโt receive answers to their prayer.โ He didnโt say, โI didnโt answer them,โ because He always answers when we pray. But they didnโt receive because they didnโt act like people who had received answers to what they prayed about.
There have been people who received healing or other miracles in a meeting, and just as they turned to leave the venue, everything returned to what it was before. They lost the healing. Their healing was a sign; God had given them attention, and got their attention, but expected them to further act their faith. He wanted them to rejoice, testify, and be glad about what already happened, and thus keep their miracle, but they didnโt.
Many people donโt know that their expressions are a message. Faith is expressed in words and in actions. If your words and actions donโt demonstrate your faith, then thereโs no faith. Every time people received something from the Lord in the Bible, they demonstrated it in their joy, and their blessing was sustained. Some actually received more as a result of their joyful testimonies and gratitude; an example is the leper in Luke 17:11-19.
The Bible says faith without worksโcorresponding actionโis dead. If you accept what God has said about you, youโve got to act like it.
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