A blind lady was led to a great healing evangelist for prayer. After he had prayed for her, he asked her, “Now, tell me what you see.” She opened her eyes only to be told, “Close your eyes. Tell me what you see.” She opened her eyes again only to be told, “I didn’t say to open your eyes. I asked you what you saw. Close your eyes! Now, tell me what you see.”
This went on for a while, until the lady realized that the evangelist was asking her what she saw on the inside. Did she see herself seeing? When she understood that, she said, “I see myself with sight.” Then, the evangelist told her, “Now, slowly open your eyes.” That moment, she opened her eyes to perfect vision!
When you prayed just now, what did you see inside you? Were you praying for someone’s healing, but seeing that person in a coffin? Were you praying for a financial breakthrough, but seeing the banks pursuing you till you were bankrupt?
You see, you don’t get what you pray for. You get what you believe you receive when you pray. Jesus said, “Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.”
Beloved, “whatever things” covers your every need. And believing that you receive them comes before having them. Jesus once told a centurion, “Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you.” The centurion’s servant was healed that same hour (see Matthew 8:13). The centurion believed that he received his miracle even before he saw it in the natural.
So when you pray, what do you really believe and see on the inside?
“Well, Pastor Prince, I really can’t see it.”
Then don’t pray yet. Change your vision on the inside first. Start seeing yourself with the answer. See yourself healed. See yourself living in the bigger house that you need. See yourself enjoying more than enough. When you can see it and believe it, then pray in faith, and you will have whatever you ask for!
"I'M HERE TO TELL YOU" EDITOR'S NOTE
Seeing is believing and believing is seeing. You should see your life controlled by Jesus and not by you or anything else. Seeing that Jesus has already taken care of everything. Seeing that the future is bright and in the loving hands of the Lord. Seeing is believing and when you believe right, you live right. People talk about a 'self-fulfilling prophecy' and how people will experience trouble because that is what they have been fearing... it's true. But you rarely hear about people living a happy and fulfilled life because that is what they 'self-prophesied'. When we live with the hope of heaven and know that Christ died on the cross for our sins, we do see a bright future. We see the world the way that it really is. We see that what some think is real, is only temporary. And we see the love of God manifested in our lives every day. And we believe it. Today, pray to God that He will help you see the truth, help you see the future and ask that He give you the spiritual sight to see His Son in all His glory. With sight like this, we can live in peace and experience the constant flow of God's Grace. God's love and blessings are things you can truly believe in... do you see?
