When you pray for something, how long is it before you check to see if God has granted your supplication? A few seconds? Minutes? Days? And, when you don’t see, at the very least, a sign, do you begin to waver … until you finally reinforce your weary prayer? Then with white-knuckled determination you fight off the nagging doubts, one by one, and the evil suggestions, one by one, read your Scriptures, meditate, but oh the doubt, fear, disbelief . . .

Next day you try again, right? ‘Try again’ implies that you’ve previously failed. Then you remember that it’s not about you: it’s about Jesus, so a little guilt slips in uninvited. You need to get your-self out of the way. Another huge burden, oh dear! You struggle and strive to let go. In your oxymoronic stress you’re about ready to quit. You’ve been told that that’s exactly what God wants you to do: let go and let God. But that’s what you’ve been trying to do for sooo long . . .

I agree that you don’t need to DO anything – that’s God’s domain. But you could … on purpose … actively … QUIT … the negative, self-defeating things that you are doing. That’s right, they’re listed above!

If you had managed to get rid of 10% of your doubts, that’s not very good odds! You’re admitting to 90% doubt. Seriously, don’t you think you’d need at least 51% solid belief? This is NOT intended to be amusing: there’s a very urgent message here. WHEN YOU ENTERTAIN MORE UNBELIEF THAN FULL-OUT CONFIDENT BELIEF, how in the world can you expect better results?

Now try this. SEE yourself completely healed. See yourself entirely whole, happy, free! What does this happiness look like? What does it feeeeel like? What does it smell like? NOT A SINGLE negative thought allowed: the aim is nothing less than 100%. My eyes well up with tears when I think of all the people who mix terrible moments of doubt right in with their otherwise receptive prayers.

What does total healing feel like to you? What are you doing now that you’re healed? Where are you going? Go farther. What are you thinking? Think deeper. What is God telling you right now? (Sometimes He’ll tell you stuff that’s so incredibly wonderful and personal that you don’t dare tell a single mortal man!) What does He call you? Sweetheart? Do you feeeeel His POWER in you? Don’t you dare say “No!!” You’re on the King’s Highway now, and all the lights are green.