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According to Romans, hope is
actually looking at something you can’t see. How do you do that? You do
it by looking at the promises of God in the Word until with your inner
eyes—the eyes of your spirit—a picture is formed.
For example, one
of the hardest things I ever had to do was face the fact that the inner
image I had of myself physically was fat. It didn’t matter how hard I
tried to change, it wouldn’t go away. I was always on a diet. I must
have lost (and regained) hundreds of pounds over the years.
I
finally had to admit that as long as my inner image of myself was fat,
my outer self was going to match it. Remember, it’s faith that changes
things, and without the inner image of hope, faith cannot work.
So I decided to fast for seven days. I searched my Bible for every scripture I could find on food and eating and I found many.
I
meditated on every one of those scriptures and prayed in the spirit for
seven full days. What was I doing? I was laying hold on a different
inner image.
This is not something you can do overnight. It takes
time. Especially if the inner image you’re changing has been there for
years.
But you can do it. Go to the Word of God today and
begin to change the images inside you. Change them from images of
despair to images of hope. Get a blueprint in your heart and your faith
will build on it!
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