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the wife got what belonged to her, and court would be adjourned because there would be no argument left. I like how the great faith preacher Smith Wigglesworth handled it when some people tried to argue him out of claiming by faith what The WORD of God declares is ours in Christ. He just showed them what the Bible says about it and said, "Fellows, it's outside the realm of argument because it has now been brought within the confi nes of the Holy Writ!" But what if I can't see how God's WORD can come to pass in my life? you might wonder. What if I've tried to prosper and have good success like Joshua did, but I can't seem to make it happen? Making it happen is not your part. That's God's part. He's the One who performs The WORD and brings it to pass. Your part is to take Him at His WORD, believe it and walk on it. When you do that, God will perform His WORD for you just as He did for Peter when he got out of the boat on the Sea of Galilee. You've probably read about what happened there. Peter and the other 11 disciples had been struggling against the wind to sail across the sea one night, when Jesus came walking toward their boat on the water. Peter said to Him: "Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus" (Matthew 14: 28–29). Obviously, Peter did not perform The WORD in that situation. There is no way he could walk on water. What happened was the Son of God said, "Come," and Peter stepped out on that WORD by faith. God performed it and Peter began to walk across the sea toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? (verses 30–31). Even on a day when there's no wind at all, you can't go out and walk across the swimming pool. So, clearly, it wasn't the wind that sank Peter. What sank him was doubt. He let the wind deceive him into doubting God's WORD. As long as Peter was walking by faith in The WORD, God was obligated to perform it. But when he doubted, God no longer had the right to keep him on top of the water. If He had done so, it would have been an illegal operation. He would have been forcing His miracle power on that man and, because He made man a free moral agent, that's something God can't do. We're currently hiring for a variety of roles. Visit kcm.org /careers Come Change the World with Us! Making it happen is not your part. That's God's part. He's the One who performs The WORD and brings it to pass. POINTS TO GET YOU THERE: 2 God's WORD contains within it the supernatural ability to bring itself to pass. (Isa. 55:11) 3 Your part is to take God at His WORD; His part is to bring The WORD to pass. (Jer. 1:12) 4 Wherever you fi nd believers releasing the power of God's WORD, you fi nd miracles in action. (Mark 16:20) 5 By faith in God's WORD, you can walk in victory over contrary circumstances. (Matt. 14:28-29) 1 What God told Joshua to do will work for you just like it did for him. (Josh. 1:8) 8 : B V O V

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