For many years, I believed the more spiritual things I did, the more I would be blessed. If I read so many chapters a day, went to church, prayed so many minutes a day, and prayed in my heavenly language I was destined to receive my desires. If I failed to do these things, there would be a delay in receiving my desires.

What I didn’t realize is, I was creating laws for myself and Galatians 3:18 says, if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God in His grace gave it to Abraham through a promise. There is no set amount of works we can do to receive the promises of God. If we could have done the works ourselves, God would have never sent Jesus to make us heirs according to the promise (Galatians 3:29) and we would boast only about our works (prayer, fasting, etc.), rather than give Him glory.

In order to receive the promises of God, there is ONE thing we must do: believe in the finished works of Jesus Christ (John 6:29). Jesus has made everything available to us. All we have to do is believe. If we have a desire, we ask the Father in prayer, believe that we received it when we prayed, and it will be ours (Mark 11:24).

Let’s stop creating religious laws for ourselves and do what the Bible instructs us to do. In order to receive our desires from God, we simply have to believe.

John 6:29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”