Don’t Deny the Problem

And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

Did you notice that Abraham never denied the problem? He just didn’t consider it. He never said, No, I’m not 100 years old. I’m more like 20 or 25.”

God doesn’t want us to deny that the problem exists. He doesn’t advocate lying or “mind over matter.” He’s just saying, “You can look at the problem, but don’t consider it. Switch over and consider the Word. Don’t deny that the problem is there; just observe the Word. Keep your eyes on the answer.”

I once overheard someone say to another person, “Oh, you look sick! You look like you have a cold.”

The other person replied, No, I don’t. I’m not sick.”

The first person said, “Well, your nose is running.”

“No, it isn’t.”

“But you sound sick.”

“No, I’m not sick,” the second person insisted. But everyone around him could see he was sick. This person thought he was in faith, but he was just denying the problem.

God doesn’t want us to do that. He just wants us to say, “It doesn’t matter what I look like, feel like or sound like. The only thing that matters is what God says. God tells me that by Jesus’ stripes I was healed, and I’ve chosen to believe Him!””

So don’t deny the problem or try to think it away. Just look at it and say, “Who cares? The answer is mine—I have God’s Word on it!”

CONFESSION:

I don’t deny the problems that arise in my life. I just believe God’s Word, which is greater than any symptoms, circumstances or problems. I am fully persuaded that what God has promised, He is able to do. (Rom 4:21)

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999