I STILL BELIEVE

Jeremiah 30:17 For I will restore health to you And I will heal you of your wounds,’ says the Lord,….

God wants us to keep believing when everything around us is trying to make us doubt or give up. The illness that’s dragging on and on; you know the promises of healing God has given you but you don’t see any improvement. That’s the time we have to dig our heels in and turn off the doubts. It’s the time to say “I still believe.” 

When we can see something we don’t need faith, but when we can’t see something happening but we choose to still believe God, then we’re learning to walk by faith and we’re growing. 

Jesus dealt with people all the time who had been doing fine but then they gave up. Mary and Martha kept believing Lazarus would stay alive till Jesus came to the house to heal him but Jesus never turned up when they thought He should. They gave up, they complained to Him. Did He write them off and say, “Well if you can’t believe unless I do everything the way you want me to, then I can’t be bothered with you!” ?

Of course, He didn’t say that. He met them where they were at, in that place of despair, of shattered dreams. He was at the graveside where all their hopes lay dead but He had resurrection on His mind! Maybe you feel like some of your hopes have taken such a beating lately that they feel like they’re dead and buried too. Jesus hasn’t done things the way you wanted Him to, now you’re miserable, filled with doubts and fears, but Jesus still has resurrection on His mind.

God knows where you’re at in it all, He’s seen your struggles and He still loves you. He hasn’t written you off as a waste of His time. Far from it! He is still working behind the scenes, still restoring health to you. Now our part is to say “I still believe, regardless of what my body says or what I feel and see, regardless of the enemy bombarding me with doubts and fears, I choose to believe God has me in the palm of His hand and He is still working everything out for my good.

I’m speaking to myself as well as to you, so don’t give up, get your shield of faith back up, keep trusting, keep declaring “I still believe. God is restoring health to me and I praise and thank Him for it. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.”