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Jesus commanded us to operate in the same God kind of faith He has. He also told us that anyone who did it would have the same results. After all, it's His faith that's in us. He put it there. That being the case, how do we deal with the fact that so many Christians are being defeated by sickness, poverty and every other kind of prob- lem? By understanding that those defeats are "fact," but they are not "truth." You see, facts can be changed. Truth can't. Truth supersedes fact. Spiritual law supersedes natural, physical law. The law of gravity, for example, is a fact. But there is a higher law than the law of gravity. Those in the aeronautical industry know it as the law of lift. If you do certain things— make an airplane, build the wing right and engine powerful enough and so on—you'll be able to put the law of lift into motion Fact vs. Truth and make an airplane fly. How does that happen? Does gravity cease to be a fact? No. The law of lift simply supersedes it. In the same way, sick- ness and disease are facts. But those facts can be superseded by the truth in Isaiah 53:5, "With [Jesus'] stripes we are healed." It's a truth that can never be changed. What's more, if you'll apply that truth, it will overcome sickness every time! Truth applied changes facts. Applying it. That's the key. You can put on your finest traveling clothes, pack your luggage and go sit down in a perfectly good airplane...but you won't get 6 inches off the ground unless somebody turns on the engines and begins to put the law of lift into motion. What we need to do is apply our faith just like Jesus did. We need to learn to supersede our natural circumstances by activating the supernatu- ral law of faith. So apply the truth to your facts today. Speak Isaiah 53:5 to your body. Speak Philippians 4:19 to your needs. Speak Isaiah 54:13 over your children. And watch the truth change the facts! B V O V : 1 9 other countries, than all the other nations of the world combined. And more missionaries come from America than all other parts of the world combined. In God's grand scheme of things, that can only continue until the whole world knows that Jesus is Lord, and He saves, heals, delivers and sets free. How will this happen? It will happen through believers like you and me—people who are committed to stand firm on God's Word, walk in obedience to what He tells us to do, and always do good in His sight. The Bible says in Deuteronomy 6:17-19, "Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers. To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken." Notice what it says in verse 18: "And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee." That's the key. If we do "that which is right and good," then the Bible says, "it may be well with thee." Do you understand what the phrase "well with thee" means? It means that things will work out for you, you're going to wind up being blessed coming in and blessed going out; blessed whether you're in the suburb, the city or urban America. It means you'll live in peace and not fear. It means sickness and disease will not come near your dwelling, and that destruction and calamity will pass over you. "Well with thee" means you will prosper. And because you prosper, so will your family and your nation. Friend, who is in control does matter. Whether it's in your home or on the job, in the church or over your city, state or country, the person in charge—the one you have to follow—matters. The Bible declares that through God you have been made righteous. You are the seed of Abraham, heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus Christ. As the righteousness of God, you have authority—not only over your life and destiny, but over that of your nation. You can cause your nation to prosper! by Kenneth Copeland