The Faith That Pleases God

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. (Hebrews 11:6)

There is no pleasing God apart from faith. Not effort, not good intentions, not religious activity. Faith is the only way to please Him. One of the clearest ways to please Him is to receive your healing. Just as you would be pleased to see your children well and prosperous, God is pleased.

Every day, all across the world, believers reach out to our ministry with their needs, and the top request, by far, is healing for their bodies. That shouldn’t surprise you. You can have wealth beyond measure and still be in trouble if your body is not well. Money has never kept anyone alive who was out of health. Healing is not a side issue in the gospel. It is primary to God.

But healing, like everything else God has provided, is attached to your faith, not to your wishing and hoping. That means before healing becomes real in your life, faith has to become real first. And faith is not a mystery. It is not a special anointing given only to a few. It operates the same way for every believer, and it starts in a specific place. If you want to know why some people walk in what God promised and others do not, the answer almost always traces back to faith, or the lack of it, somewhere in the process.

God is not withholding healing from you and hoping you figure out some secret code. He has already told you how faith works. Your part is to build it, not to manufacture it from scratch.

Practical Application

There is something you have been praying about that you do not really expect God to do. You already know what it is. Hoping says "maybe." Faith says "He said." Before you pray over it again today, find what God has already said about it. Write the verse down. Say it out loud. Keep saying it until your mouth and your heart finally agree.

3 John 1:2; Psalm 103:2