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Life in the Word

If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. (Joh 15:7)

God works by principles. He built the universe by principles. Everything that exists work by principles. And some of those principles we have already discovered; like the law of gravity and many other physical constants and principles that govern this physical world and the entire universe. 

I believe God has set up the spiritual realm in the same manner that He set up the physical world. God has set up spiritual principles so that by them the spirit realm is governed. Well not only the spirit realm but the physical realm as well because the physical realm is subject to the spiritual realm. The Lord has demonstrated that to us when He was here. He multiplied the bread and the fish, He walked on water, He walked through closed doors, and many other wonders He performed. This generation has also seen many miracles through a number of Ministers and Pastors. And a local church is never without a testimony of the supernatural move of the Spirit of God.

John 15:7 is plain and simple. I believe it is a key principle that God wants us to learn. We know from Scripture that we can never be anything if we are apart from God. Scripture also tells us that with God all things are possible. John 15:7 is simple to do if we are only willing.

Sometimes a Christian's prayer life is just full of begging; asking God to address all kinds of troubles and cares. But John 15:7 tells us that its not really up to God at all. If we just abide in Him and His words abide in us, whatever we ask, it will be done for us.  And so, all that we really need to do is just to stick with Him, and let His words abide in us. We carry His words with us, we don't let it get out from our sight, they are always at the forefront of our brains, of our tongues, they are always overflowing in our hearts as if they are our most prized possessions! And we will ask whatever we wish and it will be done for us.

If Isaac Newton went to experiment and discovered the Law of Gravity so that now we know how to operate and work through it, I believe we can also experiment so that we can discover that Law of Faith and we can also learn how to operate and work through it. Now let us consider this passage as our take home science project:

My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh. (Pro 4:20-22)

I believe if we are just diligent enough, to listen and to do His words, we will never be without a testimony of the goodness of God.
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