If you were to look up the
Greek word that’s translated “knowledge” in that scripture, you’d find
out that it means more than just a mental understanding of something,
more than the kind of knowledge that can be gained through your senses.
It means exact knowledge. Knowledge that’s been revealed directly to
your heart by the Spirit of God. I call it
revelation knowledge.
The
lack of that kind of knowledge has caused more faith failures than
anything else I know. That’s because most Christians believe the Word
with their minds, but they haven’t meditated on it enough for it to
“light up” in their hearts. If they had, that Word would absolutely
revolutionize their lives. Nothing in heaven or earth would be able to
shake them loose from it.
I know a widow who got hold of that kind
of revelation one afternoon. She’d been meditating in the scriptures
that say if you’re a widow, God Almighty has taken His place as your
provider and leader of your household.
She’d been feeling a little
sorry for herself up until then. But when she received the revelation
that God was actually head of her household now, she started talking to
Him like she would a husband.
“I’m telling You, Lord, the plumbing
in this house is pitiful. Will You please get it fixed?” she said. From
that moment on, she never had any more trouble with her plumbing.
If
you need something from God, determine right now that you’re going to
do what that widow did. Determine that you’re going to meditate the Word
until you get a revelation like that. Keep that Word before you until
you receive a revelation of Jesus as your healer or your deliverer or
your financier—whatever you need Him to be. Don’t settle for a shallow
mental understanding of Him. Get a deep revelation and His grace
will be multiplied to you!
Kenneth Copeland
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