Step 2 – God adds a VISION, a picture of the promise fulfilled.
God showed Abraham a vision (Gen. 15:1). And He took him outside and said,
“Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” Then he believed in the LORD; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness. (Gen. 15:5-6)
We say a picture is worth 1,000 words. According to the above verses, I would say the Bible agrees. You will note that as soon as God gives Abraham a picture of the promise fulfilled, the next verse tells us “then he believed.” So I understand that in order to have miracle-working faith, I need two things from God: I need God to speak arhema word to me, and I need God to show me a picture of this rhema word fulfilled.
“So Lord, what does my healed body look like? What will I be able to do when You have restored me to full health? What does Your blessing of prosperity look like in my life? What does total freedom and release look like? Can You show me pictures of these things? Thank You, Lord!”
I would say that once we have received a rhema word and a vision from the Lord concerning His promises and provision for any area our lives, then conception has taken place. We are now pregnant with the purposes of God for that area of our lives.
Step 3 – We PONDER this rhema and vision from God – nothing else!
And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform. And therefore “IT WAS ACCOUNTED TO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS.” (Rom. 4:19-22 NKJV)
As with Abraham, we must choose what we are going to look at and what we are going to believe. Abraham could have looked at the weakness of his aged body, and said, “Reality is, I can’t reproduce anymore,” but instead he chose not to consider (ponder and picture) his weakness but instead, to ponder and picture only the promise and vision of God.
So, I choose carefully to daily, continuously ponder and see ONLY God’s promised blessing to me and not lack or need. As God spoke to me, “Whatever you fix your eyes upon, grows within you; whatever grows within you, you become.” This changed my life. I no longer look at disease, self-effort, lack, weakness or law. Now I only fix my eyes on Jesus (Heb. 12:1,2; Acts 2:25; Ps. 16:8), and His spoken promises and visions to me, and these grow within me and I step into these realities. I am healed! I am blessed! I have favor everywhere I go! I release effective ministry to those I touch! I have a blessed marriage and family! Thank You, Lord, for these amazing blessings!
What do you see in your mind’s eye: lack or fullness, disease or health, disunity or unity, rejection or acceptance? We ponder and see something all the time. Make sure you are ONLY seeing God’s promises to you in each and every area of your life! We choose to meditate on God’s promise and visions to us in both our morning and evening prayer meditations (1 Chron. 23:30) as well as throughout the day. I would recommend a 5-15 prayer meditation of thanksgiving morning and evening where you speak the promises God has made to you in the various areas of your life. Filling your heart and mind with His divine light causes darkness to flee.
