A farmer is struggling because he is not making enough money at farming, so he decides to set up a clinic and be a doctor. He puts a sign out front that says “Will Cure Any Ailment for $500. If Not Cured, Will Give You $1,000 Back.”
The town physician is upset by this, so he decides to run the farmer out of business. He goes to the farmer’s office and says, “I am having trouble with my hearing and I need a cure.”
The farmer says to his assistant, “Go to the medicine cabinet and get bottle #22 and put 3 drops on his tongue.”
The physician says, “You are a fake. You can’t cure my hearing by putting drops on my tongue!”
The farmer says, “Your hearing is cured. That’ll be $500.”
The physician goes away angry and decides to try again. He comes back to the farmer the next day and says, “I am having trouble with my memory and I need a cure.”
The farmer says to his assistant, “Go to the medicine cabinet and get bottle #22 and put 3 drops on his tongue.”
The physician says, “Hey, that’s the same thing you said yesterday about curing my hearing!”
The farmer says, “Your memory is cured. That’ll be $500.”
Now the physician is really getting ticked off, so he comes back one more time and says, “I am having trouble with my eyesight and I need a cure.”
The farmer says, “Well, you’ve got me there. I have never cured anyone’s eyesight before. Here’s your $1,000.”
The physician says, “Hey, this isn’t $1,000. This is only $10.”
And the farmer says, “Your sight has been cured. That’ll be $500.”
If God wants to call a farmer a doctor, that is his prerogative. That sounds strange, but the point is that God’s declarations over you are true, though they may not make sense. In the case of Abraham, who was married to a woman who could not bear children, we know that God called him “the father of many nations.”
The Apostle Paul says in Romans 4:17 regarding Abraham, “… I have made you a father of many nations in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did.” What God says about our value, identity, or destiny, may seem illogical, unlikely, or even impossible in our way of thinking., but if God says it, then to him it is already true. He can speak of what does not exist as though it did. What a blessing!
Have a good weekend, including rest, family, and worship,
Chaplain Mark
As usual you speak to us all and from your faith.
Hi Mark. This is Dave Caye from Brainard. Just wanted you to know that when you talked to me about committing to Him as then and there we spoke. You were not pleased. My reason for saying no was the same as was yours when a church member asked you to do the same. I had to do the same thing I suspect you had to-do search your heart and mind to route out any doubts and not just say what someone important to had. I have done so myself and Yes is now my answer to in joining you in committing heart and soul in our Lord and Father.
Thank you for all of our talks.
In His name
Dave