Immovable faith

Bishop Manjoro Divine Appointments
NO one spoke to us but all wondered, what manner of men are these, with a foreign number plate and not afraid to park near the president’s house? We didn’t know about that.
All we knew was that God had sent us to preach in Windhoek, Namibia and that our supplies had run out. Was this a dead end? We needed nothing but a miracle and we were not going to allow our faith to be moved.

We stood on the Word of God. Ever been in a situation or place where you need nothing but a miracle from above? A time when all natural ideas and concepts lose meaning?

Such was the case with my team in one of our trips. Read on and discover how powerful it is to have immovable faith, to stand on the Word of God and not to die before you are dead!

‘And Peter answered him and said, Lord if it be thou bid me to come unto thee on the water. And he said Come. And when Peter was come out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus’ Matthew 14:28-29. Here we see Jesus, supernaturally walking on water and bidding Peter to come and join him! O hallelujah! God wants you to join Him in being immovable and doing the impossible! Yes you can do the impossible at your school, in that company and in your family – immovable faith!

However we learn that before doing the impossible, Jesus had spent time in prayer.  He didn’t pray for 2 minutes or 10 minutes and said I’m done, no. He went up the mountain because he meant business. He prayed and prayed and prayed. At other times the Bible records he spent all nights praying alone. After that he comfortably walked on water. Today I say to you don’t pray in panic over the wind and storm rising against you, no! Have immovable faith, which is birthed in prayer!  Water is liquid, yes but when you have immovable faith, you do not curl back from situations, no, that situation which is very liquid and impossible to walk on will be made solid, and you conquer it and walk on it.

Always remember; when you walk by immovable faith, you don’t believe in yourself, your pastor or your church but you believe the Word of God. You will be surprised after walking a kilometre, how did I get this far? Friend, the word of God is powerful and will stand not for one day, or two, but forever. What God says will stand forever. If he says I will above everything that you prosper . . . or I am the Lord God your healer . . . then recognise him as such. Sickness is going to be afraid because it understands your doctor. It knows Dr. Jesus! Listen to me it’s time to move in immovable faith!

Another key to immovable faith is hearing the Word of God.
You need to hear the Word of God if you are to become a man/woman of immovable faith! Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God, Romans 10:10. We see that, Peter could not just jump on water because he felt like it, No.

He waited for the Word from Jesus. He waited for ‘come!’ It meant all to him. At one time he said, Lord we have toiled all night and caught nothing, but nevertheless, at thy word, we will launch our nets into the deep. He and his partners got the biggest catch in all their years in business, to the point that their ships began to sink. O hallelujah! I like it, I like it. Long to hear the Word of God. Hearing the Word is very powerful! Do you have a crippled business and withering project that has run you into more debt and problems than it has brought you profits? Hear the Word!

But bishop where do I get that kind of a word like Peter got? Where do I get a word for my marriage, business, children, health or community? Good, you have asked well. That word you are looking for is right there in your Bible. Money, healing, whatever you go through is recorded in the Bible. All you need is to just believe and walk on what he said. You also need to discipline yourself to attend church services and conferences, Hebrews 10:25.  In the house of the Lord you are taught the Word and your faith grows and become immovable.

But at the same time here is another problem; you can’t walk in immovable faith if your perception is low, inferior and wrong. You need to see possibilities of God’s Word with eyes of faith. You need to see yourself becoming who God said you are! See you family united, your marriage flourishing, passing with good grades, excelling in ministry and all things advancing in your life! O hallelujah! You don’t go where you have never seen! It all starts by seeing. You see what you want to be before you actually see it. Perception is a key to moving in immovable faith. The Lord said unto Abram, ‘Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward. For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever’, Genesis 13:14-15. Abraham believed God and to date he is a reckoned man of faith, immovable faith! How did he see Syria and all the land God spoke when he was sleeping in a tent in Jericho? How did he see Beersheba, Mt Sinai and all the places God promised him? He saw with eyes of faith – immovable faith.

It’s the same seeing that Martin Luther had when he said, I have a dream. He had not dreamt while asleep. No. With this kind of seeing you even dream awake. He was seeing it with other eyes yet today its happening. A real dream has to outlive the dreamer!

You could be dreaming of having a supermarket of your own but people are laughing at you and saying, ‘hehehe masupermarket aye azovakana manje’ (it will amount to nothing). Don’t give up and don’t let the opinions of others derail your vision. Have immovable faith, see you supermarket! O hallelujah! You will never go anywhere or get anything in life until you see it. The success of your children, joyful marriage, good health and all you desire -you have to see it before you see it! You don’t get what you don’t see! See tomorrow before tomorrow comes.

So was it with my team in Windhoek Namibia.  With immovable faith, we saw ourselves preaching in Namibia before we began to preach there.
Our pocket couldn’t even stop or limit us. Sure enough a man came to us on a bicycle, who said, I will take you to my pastor. After a long time the pastor was not found, until another man said, ‘Ah, let me take you in.’

To, my surprise in the morning we were taken to the broadcasting centre and they were announcing on radio every 30mins ‘We have an evangelist from Zimbabwe in town’.

Sick people came as far as 900km from Katutura and God healed them all. The following day the national Newspapers had a headline, evangelist from Zimbabwe healing the sick, casting out devils’ and my picture on it telling the story of how God touched the city through us! It was nothing but a miracle! Immovable faith in God had done it.

It’s about to happen in your life! For with God all things are possible, Mark 10:27.