Take Away the Stone Part 3

Beloved, in continuance of our theme, “Take Away the Stone” – if Jesus’ words alone were powerful enough to put life into a man who was dead four days, don’t you think that He can surely put life into our dead joints and muscles (our insecurities and doubts), and deliver us from the infirmities of arthritis (the unplanned circumstances of life)? In other words, if you think that there are challenges in your life that Jesus cannot solve, the message to you is, “take away the stone” of incomprehension!

Precious Ones, Jesus asked Mary (the sister of Lazarus), “Where have ye laid him?” (John 11:34). Of course, you know by now that this was a rhetorical question (a question asked merely for effect, with no answer expected). Jesus knew what they had done with Lazarus – it was the same thing that we do with everything when we have lost our faith. We, the children of God, lay away everything that we doubt the Lord will do, using the excuse that “maybe it wasn’t God’s will for me to have it in the first place.” Saints, you need to “take away the stones” of excuses. Those of you who have the Holy Spirit, you know the real facts in your Spirit. God is waiting for us to put away our doubts and fears and believe Him. Now, I know that there may be some who will read this letter and say, “Pastor McCoy, that is merely your opinion!!” Yet, regardless of what may be said or done to discredit my words of inspiration to you, remember that God’s Word will always remain true – “If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you” (John 15:7).

Chosen Ones, if we, as Jesus’ children, don’t have what we asked Him for, and think that we won’t ever receive our good request, we need to “take away the stone” of ignorance. There are only two reasons why believers don’t yet possess what they have asked of the Lord: (1) it’s not yet time, or (2) we doubt that it can be done.

I will write more on this subject next week. Until then, know this…

I love you all SO very much.
In His Love,

Pastor William L. McCoy