Choose to Believe

John 12:39-40 "Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them."

WORD by Mukisa Emma

Mark 6:5 says that "he (Jesus) could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them." In that instance, it is evident that the reason Jesus couldn't do any mighty work was not because He didn't possess the power, but because of their unbelief! Their unbelief short circuited His power to heal them! Do you know that everyone has faith?! Yes we all have it but the problem is that some believe the wrong thing! HE cant work against your decision. Likewise, these Jews could not believe because of their choice to reject Jesus. They could not believe because they chose not to believe. "They stumbled at the stumblingstone" (Rom. 9:32), which was Jesus.

Isaiah did not predestine them to this fate. Rather he saw that very few would receive the report (Isa. 53:1) about the Messiah, and therefore would be kept from the knowledge of salvation because they rejected Him in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are found (Col. 2:3). This is what Isaiah prophesied, and it came to pass. Be careful what you choose for the power is in you. All of us believe but some believe a wrong thing! They believe in the negative and so they doubt!

CONFESSION
I choose to believe the word of God, I believe that what it says is definitely true. If the word of God says it, I believe it and that concludes it. I refuse to believe the reports of the world, Satan, nature and self. I am a Word practitioner; I was born to do the word for it is what gave birth to me. Not matter what I see, hear or feel, I choose to believe that what the word of God says is true. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY
JOHN 12:37-40