TAKE ACTION

Most, if not all, of us have heard of this story but I would like to tell it, though it is not the exact way but paraphrased.

A certain village was experiencing drought for a while and one day, the villagers decided to meet for prayers. When they gathered at the appointed time, a little boy came with an umbrella. Eventually, it rained and when the boy was asked why he came with an umbrella, he replied “I believed it was going to rain and I did not want to get soaked”.

This is not just having faith but he also took action.

It is mostly at the point of action you receive your miracle. In most cases, it does not just stop at believing but taking a step that shows you really have faith. There are so many instances in the bible where people received their healing and miracles at the point of action. An example is the woman with the issue of blood for 12 years, “When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, because she thought, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed." Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering” (Mark 5:27-29) (NIV).

She thought and believed she would be healed by touching His garment but if she had sat there with her thought or faith without acting by touching His garment, she would not have received her healing.

Even in most healing performed by Jesus, like that of the man who was crippled, He said to the cripple “Get up, take up your mat and walk” (John 5:8-10). If the man did not take that action and just sat there without trying to stand, he would not have received his healing.

If there is a job you are believing to get, you would not sit at home expecting them to bring your appointment letter to you; you have to go there and apply.

Taking an action shows God the level of your trust and He would not cut your expectation short; the bible says “without faith, it is impossible to please God”. When you have faith and go further by taking action, God will be pleased and not let your action or effort waste except that you seek is not His will.

Isaiah 54:2 says, would use the message version because I love the way it is written here, “Sing, barren woman, who has never had a baby. Fill the air with song, you who've never experienced childbirth! You're ending up with far more children than all those childbearing women." God says so! "Clear lots of ground for your tents! Make your tents large. Spread out! Think big! Use plenty of rope, drive the tent pegs deep. You're going to need lots of elbow room for your growing family. You're going to take over whole nations; you're going to resettle abandoned cities. Don't be afraid — you're not going to be embarrassed. Don't hold back — you're not going to come up short. You'll forget all about the humiliations of your youth, and the indignities of being a widow will fade from memory. For your Maker is your bridegroom, his name, God-of-the-Angel-Armies! Your Redeemer is The Holy of Israel, known as God of the whole earth.” It says, spread out, think big and also, you are not going to be embarrassed because your maker is the God of the whole earth. This is an encouragement to take action, do not be afraid for He will bring that which you believe for to come to pass.

Is there an action you can take to buttress your faith? I suggest you take that action and receive your miracle. Faith is really important, it is actually the foundation upon which everything is built on but most times, we need to take action to receive the miracle. That thing you are expecting could be there already but without an action, you would not know.

Put your faith into action.

Remain blessed and I love you.

For further discussion, you can comment or send a mail to ckaycee@gmail.com and I will reply promptly.

Would be really grateful and appreciate it if you share the link of the blog to your families, friends, mates and co-workers because you may be bringing the message one needs to him/her. Please, like my facebook page www.facebook.com/ckayceeblog