Worldly pagans
will often say that they believe in the power of prayer or the power of positive thinking. They even attempt to prophesy things
into existence using their words to “speak to the universe” around them. To a limited degree this may bring some
real improvement to their lives. Nevertheless, they are relying upon their own willpower and “faith” in order
to achieve their goals. They are not truly trusting in God to provide them with blessings that only He can make possible.
Believers often attempt to pursue success
in the same way as the world does. This turns faith into a set of self-produced works, rather than a genuine reliance upon
Christ. Yet we are much more priveleged than the unsaved are. Our faith in the Lord is much more powerful than their faith
in their own psychic or metaphysical practices.
As born-again saints, we have a legal
right to many things that others are not guaranteed. We can confess that we are peaceful, healthy, rich and moral - not in
order to become those things, but..
