Believe…in a moment.

At 12:30 I awoke with those words thundering through my mind. (I am sure I had more revelation about it on some levels as well.) But I heard those words.

Before I wrote them down, I thought they could mean, to believe in a moment or a period of time. Or they could speak of deferred belief. (Punctuation is critical, perhaps.) But as I digested it, I realized it meant, I can believe right here, right now. In this very moment of time, this space, I can believe. I do not faith for tomorrow, but I need now!

I thought not that I need a situation to stimulate my belief, but I only need a moment to exercise my belief.

For many a year family and friends asked me “how do you put up with ___?” Sometimes it could be people, sometimes a situation. My answer was, “I can pretend anyone is okay 5 minutes at a time.”

This understanding of belief I captured is similar. I can believe…for 5 minutes at a time.

I thought, what is the underpinning of that statement is who I believe in. His name is Jesus. And as long as I believe in Him, I can embrace the moment, with belief.

I recently read the numbers for the money donated to ALS, through video challenges and such. I thought to myself, that is awesome. Yay for them. But my heart also broke for the reason they gave. They gave to provide a cure. To remove suffering. To heal and make whole.

What I am going to say next, is not negative of the process folks went through at all. (By the way, my favorite was probably Bill Gates or one of the fire departments.) But, I had a picture of a baseball team, down by a run. Their team bandaged and hurting and the opportunity of a lifetime before them. As the coach surveyed the bench, he knew he could not win. And yet at the end of the bench a superstar player was suited up, ready to play and take this team to victory. Yet, the coach’s eyes never looked up. I saw in the midst of this video challenge, Jesus, wanting make whole, to restore and to heal, but the “team” never looked up. If every person who believed, applied their faith to sickness for that same 5 minute period at some point, what would change? (I am not saying do not do the challenge or give money, I am asking for a “matching gift” of you praying for someone who is sick. Go find them, lay hands on them and release belief in the moment.)

Yesterday, a friend was taken to the hospital with a “supposed” heart attack. I went over to a friend in our office and stood at his desk and prayed for healing for my friend in the hospital.(I am sure others did as well.) I know people were watching. Belief…in a moment.

You only have to believe for a moment. (Yes, there will be another moment, but we are only concerned with THIS one!)What you believe now, in this very now, is life changing.

Yes