Becoming a Man of Unwavering Faith by John Osteen Read Free Book Online Page B

though they have not yet been manifested.
    Walk out into the Word of God—the great forest of God’s eternal truths—and you will find the abundance of God.
    Suppose I told my wife, “Dodie, I put one thousand dollars in your coat pocket for you to spend on whatever you want. It is in the coat hanging in the hall closet.” Think of what she would do. First, she would rejoice because she believes me. Second, she would begin to make plans as to how she would use it. Third, she would begin talking to everyone around about the blessing and joy she had received.
    Even though she does all these three things, she has not yet seen or felt or heard the rustle of the thousand dollars. All she has is the word of a person she loves and trusts. But because she believes me, she talks, rejoices, and makes plans by faith that I am true to my word.
    Isn’t it strange how we will act on the word of a lawyer, a doctor, a financial planner, or a loved one, and yet won’t act on the Word of God?
A man can lie, but God cannot lie!
    As you walk out into the Word of God—the great forest of God’s eternal truths—you will find the abundance God has put in your pocket as a man of faith.
He freely gives you salvation, healing, prosperity, strength, victory, and the ability to overcome temptation and Satan. It is all there in the spirit world. It is in your spiritual pocket. You have not yet touched it. You have not seen or felt it yet. All you have is the Word of Almighty God who cannot lie!
    By faith you can reach into the invisible area and experience God’s power at work in your life.
    Consider this truth: “Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses]” (Hebrews 11:1 AMP ).
    Faith goes into the Word of God, believes God, and foresees as real fact what is not yet revealed to the five physical senses
. “By faith we understand that the worlds [during the successive ages] were framed (fashioned, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose) by the word of God” (Hebrews 11:3 AMP ). The worlds wereequipped and fashioned by the Word of God.
    Isn’t it silly that some people never venture into the treasure house of God’s eternal truths and then wonder why they don’t have any faith or any ability to believe God? Oh, how this truth ought to make us live in the Word of God!
G OD I S !
    As a man of faith, you must start with the Word of God and believe that the invisible
God is
. “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him” (Hebrews 11:6).
The invisible God is!
    Not only is God there, but every blessing we need is there, and the first principle is to believe that they
are,
without seeing any evidence. Did Jesus die for your healing? Prosperity? Salvation? Blessings? Victory over sin and the powers of darkness? Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
    You must believe that this invisible God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him, and that you must diligently seek His invisible blessings. The Bible says that we should read the Word of God and seek Him as for hidden treasure, as for gold and silver (Proverbs 2:4). If you will diligently seek any blessing you find in the Wordof God, God will reward you by manifesting it to you.
    When the blessing or promise manifests, the man of faith isn’t shocked. Instead, he says, “I knew what happened today was already mine all the time. I’ve been praising God continually, because I saw it was done in that invisible world, and now it’s visible!”
    Do you need a confirmation of that truth? “By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness