DO YOU BELIEVE?

El Elyon is the Most High God. He is Jehovah Tsidkenu, our Righteousness, Jehovah Rohi, our Shepherd, Jehovah Shalom, our Peace, Jehovah Rapha, our Healer, Jehovah Nissi, our Victory and Banner, Jehovah Jireh, our Provider, Jehovah Azar, our Helper. Do you believe these attributes of God?

Well, I know from my own experience that when the going gets tough and there is no solution in sight, it is very hard to believe that Jehovah Nissi is going to come through by his mighty hand. God is all-powerful, and He is big enough to address all the impossibilities in our lives. All He asks is for us to believe that He will do it. Before He raised Lazarus from the dead, Jesus looked for belief in the sisters, and He found it in Mary. Something that had never been seen before happened on that day. Read the story in John 11. There are many other examples where Jesus asked people whether they believed.

Once we make the word of God our constant companion and align our lives with His word, there is no reason why we should not find good success, as Joshua 1:8 says. But how many times have we blocked God’s hand in our lives by our disbelief? Luke 18:8 asks, “When the Son of God returns, will He find faith on the earth? The kind of faith being talked about here is the faith of the widow in Luke 18. Is your faith alive? Remember that Jesus could not touch any lives in His hometown because the people did not believe (Matt. 13:58). The Israelites wandered in the wilderness for 40 years because they did not believe God was going to give them victory in their final battle for the Promised Land (Num 14: 36-44). Without faith it is impossible to please God.

I believe. Do you believe? If you do, Is. 28:16 says you will never be disappointed. Though it tarry it will surely come.

Ps. 103:1-5

Bless the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being praise his holy name.
Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits –
who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you
with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

Daniel 3:1 - 30

A long passage, but really worth the read. Our God will save us from the flames, but even if He doesn’t, we will NOT bow down to the idol. Dan 3:18. Many years ago those 5 words changed my life ... but even if He doesn’t. Serving God is not just some way to twist God’s arm into giving you all the good things in life. There are times that He chooses not to give us the things we think we so badly need. Those 3 young men were ready to die if need be, rather than bow to the threats of a king who wanted them to worship his god, a god they had neither seen nor heard of before. Amazingly, God rescued these boys from a horrible death in the fiery furnace.


Some time ago, I was faced with this question. Was I going to shrivel up and die if God did not do that thing which I really needed from Him, or was I going to brace myself and continue walking with Him, and wait for Him no matter what came my way? I made the agonizing decision to stick with God (this was after I had tried to run away from Him) and I have never regretted it to this day! When we decide to stick with God, He honours us in ways we could never have imagined.