While in prayer this week, the Lord impressed on me that my memories are not made of words but of images. That is why it is so important for me to visualize scripture. To memorize a verse and its words is one thing, but to picture that verse as a reality greater than any physical reality, is quite another.
I found that I really don't understand an idea or concept until I can see it in my mind. And the Lord reminded me that I still don't believe that what He says is more real than my physical circumstances. Until I believe the images his Word invokes more than my own memories I will not see miracles on a regular basis.
So I link these two well known verses together:
Rom 10:17 NKJV Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the (Rhema) Word of God.
Heb 11:1 NKJV Faith is the substance of things hoped for but not yet seen.
So when I really "hear" the Word it invokes a hope for something that I can now picture in my mind. I will see this "Word Image" way before I can physically see it in the natural. This could be a healing, a loved one coming to Christ, a financial breakthrough, a problem solved, or a deeper relationship with Papa.
Any of these things become real in my mind as I "picture it" as real. I don't know about you but I don't see written words, I see images those words represent. The more vivid the image, the more I can meditate on it and the more I verbalize it in prayer, the more I believe it.
When you are praying do you "see something" God is showing you based on His Word or do you see something you want to see, or do you see nothing but fuzziness because you don't believe you deserve anything from the Lord? Or do you have an image of peace as you picture what God is saying about this prayer request of yours. This sums up alot of the issues in our prayer lives.
Getting into alignment with the Lord on any issue I am facing starts with the Spirit activating the Word of God that I hear. (through reading - preferably praying outloud - or hearing another's voice praying, reading, or preaching it.)
Therefore faith for me, is alot about picturing my prayer based on what the Word says.
And my lack of faith can be attributed to the fact that I have not "heard God". Therefore I cannot see an answer or perhaps I see an answer but for other reasons I just don't believe that answer will become my reality.
Either way, this is simply unbelief on my part.
I found that I really don't understand an idea or concept until I can see it in my mind. And the Lord reminded me that I still don't believe that what He says is more real than my physical circumstances. Until I believe the images his Word invokes more than my own memories I will not see miracles on a regular basis.
So I link these two well known verses together:
Rom 10:17 NKJV Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the (Rhema) Word of God.
Heb 11:1 NKJV Faith is the substance of things hoped for but not yet seen.
So when I really "hear" the Word it invokes a hope for something that I can now picture in my mind. I will see this "Word Image" way before I can physically see it in the natural. This could be a healing, a loved one coming to Christ, a financial breakthrough, a problem solved, or a deeper relationship with Papa.
Any of these things become real in my mind as I "picture it" as real. I don't know about you but I don't see written words, I see images those words represent. The more vivid the image, the more I can meditate on it and the more I verbalize it in prayer, the more I believe it.
When you are praying do you "see something" God is showing you based on His Word or do you see something you want to see, or do you see nothing but fuzziness because you don't believe you deserve anything from the Lord? Or do you have an image of peace as you picture what God is saying about this prayer request of yours. This sums up alot of the issues in our prayer lives.
Getting into alignment with the Lord on any issue I am facing starts with the Spirit activating the Word of God that I hear. (through reading - preferably praying outloud - or hearing another's voice praying, reading, or preaching it.)
Therefore faith for me, is alot about picturing my prayer based on what the Word says.
And my lack of faith can be attributed to the fact that I have not "heard God". Therefore I cannot see an answer or perhaps I see an answer but for other reasons I just don't believe that answer will become my reality.
Either way, this is simply unbelief on my part.
