“What things soever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive them
and ye shall have them” (Mark xi. 24).
Faith is not working up by will power a sort of certainty that something
is coming to pass, but it is seeing as an actual fact that God has said
that this thing shall come to pass, and that it is true, and then
rejoicing to know that it is true, and just resting and entering into it
because God has said it. Faith turns the promise into a prophecy. While it
is merely a promise it is contingent upon our co-operation; it may or may
not be. But when faith claims it, it becomes a prophecy and we go forth
feeling that it is something that must be done because God cannot lie.
Faith is the answer from the throne saying, “It is done.” Faith is the
echo of God’s voice. Let us catch it from on high. Let us repeat it, and
go out to triumph in its glorious power.
Hear the answer from the throne,
Claim the promise, doubting one,
God hath spoken, “It is done.”
Faith hath answered, “It is done”;
Prayer is over, praise begun,
Hallelujah! It is done.