BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

Revelation No. 2: Grace Makes; Faith Takes “What about grace?” one might ask. Of course, grace has already made everything available, but Romans 5:2 says, “We have access by faith into this grace.” Ephesians 2:8 says we were saved by grace, but we received it through faith. In other words, grace makes; faith takes. What does faith take? It takes what grace has made. Trying to use faith to do something beyond what grace has made available is impossible. Instead, faith possesses what grace provides. So faith must be developed to acquire what grace has provided. While I knew I had already been healed (by grace), I needed to use my faith to take that healing and to achieve—and remain in—a place of rest. Revelation No. 3: God Has Your Back I went to see a doctor friend of mine in Chattanooga, Tenn., who is a specialist. He scheduled an MRI for me. While I was in the MRI machine, I overheard the technician say, “Oh, dear God, it looks like this man has cancer on his spinal cord.” My friend, the specialist, was sitting in a remote lab with big screens and other equipment. When I left the MRI, he called me into his lab where he began pulling up the images. He said, “With the intensity and aggressiveness that they’ve reported about you, the screen should light up.” He enlarged the image and moved it up and down and all around. Nothing appeared. No cancer of the prostate. No cancer of the spinal cord. Nothing. My son was in the room with me, so I have a witness to what I’m sharing. The specialist paused the screen at one point, and there on the screen appeared the image of a bearded man. My son Jeremy said, “Do you see that?” “That guy right there?” the specialist asked, pointing to the screen. As clear as day, I heard the Spirit of God speak to my spirit and say, 'Didn’t I tell you there’s a man living on the inside of you? I’ve got your back!' Something supernatural had happened. The specialist advised me to go back to my doctor and have him rerun the original test. I celebrated. The devil had wanted me sick, but I wasn’t going to let that happen. My healing had manifested. There’s a man living on the inside of me, and He’s got my back! Revelation No. 4: God May Not Answer My revelations about healing didn’t end there. About a year after my healing from cancer, I experienced tremendous pain in my tailbone. One day, I talked to God about it, reminding Him of all the times I had already talked to Him about this problem. In the middle of my lecture, the Lord said, 'You’ve been talking to Me all these months about your tailbone, but you haven’t talked to your tailbone.' “Talk to my tailbone?” I asked. 'Yeah, I’ve wanted your tailbone healed just as much as you have. But I don’t have the authority to do anything about it. You do! I gave you the authority.' Later that night, I said, “Tailbone, I speak to you in Jesus’ Name. I command you to be healed. I command the pain to go! You’re not allowed to stay here anymore! Be healed in Jesus’ Name because you’re already healed!” Fifteen seconds later, I sat down on a wooden chair and then on the floor. No matter where I sat or how I moved, the pain was gone—and it has never returned. I discovered that there are two types of prayers God will never answer. No. 1, He will never answer a prayer to do something that He’s already done. No. 2, He will never answer a prayer about a situation that He’s already given us instructions on how to handle. Sadly, we spend a lot of time asking God to do what He’s already done instead of releasing our spiritual authority. Or, we spend time asking God to do something He told us to do. Spiritual authority has already been given to us. We simply need to release the authority we already have. Revelation No. 5: God’s Love Works First My healings have also taught me more about the depth of God’s love. Often we spend more time talking about how much we love God and not nearly enough time talking about how much He loves us. Romans 8:31-32 says, “If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?” Many of us don’t believe that God is always for us. But, if we don’t believe He is for us—that He loves us—then we’re not going to believe what He has to say to us. When we’re in a ditch, He’s for us. When we’ve missed the mark, He’s for us. When we haven’t done everything right, He’s for us. God is, has always been and always will be for us. Galatians 5:6 says faith works by love. Faith does not work by how much we love God. Faith works by how much we believe God loves us. 20 : BVOV

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