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Someone once said, “If you believe you are defeated and believe it long enough, then it is likely to become a fact.”
In other words, if you go around talking “defeat,” thinking you’re beaten, and believing you’re conquered, there’s a real good probability you will be. But why is that? Why does talking about it, having it in your thoughts, and believing that in your heart help it to happen? It’s because when you concentrate on something, you are creating a path for it to take so it will happen.
You can create a path for victory to come to you, or you can create the path for defeat and disappointment. That’s why God urges us to create the path for Him to work for us. Create it by our faith and actions and prayers. That’s our part. We believe, and God will do the rest.
So we have to check ourselves in what we’re thinking, saying, and praying. Are we creating the path for God to come into our life to fulfill what we need Him to do? It’s good to get a visual of the path that you’re making today. Envision it, then see if it is a good one, or one that is filled with obstacles and potholes and things that represent unbelief and defeat. If that’s how your path appears, then you can’t see God coming with victory in His hands. Keep going down your prayer path and go to God in faith.
One day a man rushed up to Jesus when He came to his town and cried out to be healed from leprosy. He was a societal outcast because people back then couldn’t touch a person with leprosy or they would be considered unclean, plus they did not believe there was a cure for it. So when this man rushed up to Jesus in the crowd, it stirred up quite a commotion. He fell on his knees and said, If You are willing, You are able to cleanse me by curing me. (Ref. Matthew 8:2.)
He was showing that he believed Jesus was able. He was creating the path of faith to be healed. So as Jesus was moved in His spirit for the man, He said to him, I am willing; be made clean [by being healed]. He is saying to us, “I am willing. If you will believe, I will do the rest.”
The man believed the words from Jesus and when He touched him, he was made whole. All the effects of the leprosy were gone. The disfigured portions of his body, his skin rankled by disease, and the pain—all gone. It was like a special-effects movie, except it was really happening. With one word, the path had been created for this man’s healing and he received a miracle.
You may need something in your body as he did, or you have a need in your finances or in your work. Maybe you’re desperate to see God do something in your family or in a relationship or concerning your desire for marriage or a home. There are so many needs that we face. Perhaps you’re facing a time in your career or ministry where you need to see something happen. Create the path for God to do it.
This is what a former President of the United States did. Ronald Reagan. He didn’t just pop into the presidency without making a path where God could direct him and bless what he was doing. You may be surprised to know that in the early part of Reagan’s career he was in radio. Thank God for radio! He was a sports broadcast announcer in Iowa and was known as Dutch Reagan.
He did such a good job at it that he won a contest among radio broadcasters. His reward was an all-expense paid trip to the Chicago Cubs training camp in California. But Reagan did not just enjoy himself while he was there; he knew there was a bigger purpose. He was creating the path to his future.
While he was in California he went to the Warner Brothers studio and talked them into giving him a screen test. We know what happened then. He was given a contract and got into films. Then he became president of the Screen Actors Guild.
From there he went on to become Governor of California. Then the United States President in 1980. But how did he see God do so much for him and through him? He had faith in what he knew was his purpose and he created a path for it. He knew God was willing to help him fulfill it.
He took advantage of the opportunities God presented to him. He worked hard, but working hard isn’t enough. He had to believe he would not be defeated. Once he believed, God did the rest.
Create the path by faith and believe for God to come to you with all that He has for your life. He says, “I am willing.”
Spiritual powerline to say out loud:
“I HAVE FAITH, NOW GOD IS DOING THE REST!”
Here is a powerful prayer to say out loud:
Lord, by my faith I am creating the path for You to work in my life. I have the vision in my spirit of You saying to me, “I am willing.” Now I receive the miracle and victory You have for me.
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