A sermon challenging the habit of deferring God's promises to "one day" instead of expecting them now. The speaker argues that faith means believing Jesus' promise that requests made in His name will be answered today, not someday, and that postponing belief is a shield against disappointment.
Have you ever caught yourself saying, one day God will do it. One day the miracle will come. One day the breakthrough will arrive. Now, it sounds spiritual, but in reality, this is sometimes just a way of protecting ourselves from disappointment. I mean that by adding some time in between what is and what we believe can one day be, we insulate ourselves against potential hurt. Sometimes we keep pushing the miracle into the future because that feels safer than believing for the miracle to happen right now. This is where many believers get stuck. It's the hope of eventually versus the expectation of now. Of course, we trust in God's timing, and we're not always going to get what we want right when we want it. But I'd rather live in present faith than in one-day wishing. Jesus said, you can ask for anything in my name and I will do it so that the Son can bring glory to the Father. Yes, ask me for anything in my name and I will do it. Those are not words to water down or to explain away, though some have tried. Those are words to believe. Faith doesn't deny the problem. It sees beyond it. Faith doesn't ignore the impossibility. It acknowledges that with God, impossibility is irrelevant. Faith is not tomorrow's hope. Faith is today's substance. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. So stop postponing your belief. Don't wait for one day. Believe God today. Rejoice now, not when the miracle comes, but because you already have the faith for it. If you can believe for it, truly believe, it's yours.
