Have you ever wondered, If God is such a good God, why is there so much horrible stuff going
on? Why do Christians suffer the same things the unbeliever’s do? WHY did God take my
child? Why doesn’t he give me the money? Why doesn’t He take this fat from my body? Why
doesn’t he take this drug addiction away?
It’s rather simple, really. When Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden, he released a curse into
the land. What people fail to realize is that this curse NEVER LEFT the earth. Jesus died so
we can be redeemed from the curse but that is an individual choice. The curse is still in the
earth, it just doesn’t have to affect us if we choose to take Jesus as our Lord and Savior AND
obey God’s commandments. WE choose whether we walk in the curse or blessing by what we
believe and say
Another factor in why people have trouble is that most people are waiting for God to do
something about it. God did do something – He sent His only son to die for us. That
redemption paid for our freedom from every curse there is out there. But there is a condition -
WE have to choose it. Several times the Bible points to us and says, “YOU choose; YOU do
something; YOU choose life, not death; YOU go do the works that I did; YOU do greater works
than Me. YOU speak to it (the mountain).
Because the curse is still operating in the earth today, it is the default. A few years back, we
used to receive phone calls asking which long distance telephone carrier we wanted. We were
told that if we did not choose one, one would be chosen for us as a default. The curse is the
default choice in the earth. Do nothing and the curse will operate automatically through that
wrong choice. Choose to do things God’s way and you are redeemed from the curse.
Here is the Living Bible version of the word “redeemed” - bought us out from under the doom
of that impossible system. Ransomed is another meaning. Rescue from loss (improve
opportunity).
If we have curses operating in our life, it is our own fault. The Bible clearly states that the
curse cannot come on us without a reason (Proverbs 26:2). We have been commanded to
choose life, to choose God’s way, to speak God’s Word. To do the opposite opens the door
to the curse operating in our life.
Most of us speak what the world and worldly Christians speak – curses, death, destruction,
and doom, “gloom, despair, and misery on me.” You don’t think so? Any statement that is not
of faith is of death. Unbelief is death - death to dreams, death to a future, death to healing
and wholeness, and eventually death to the physical body. These are death statements:
I don’t know how I am going to pay these bills.
The doctor has said I have cancer and am going to die.
The politicians say the economy is not going to get better.
I’m afraid I’m going to lose my job.
I’m never going to get this paid off.
What if my child never serves God?
I’m waiting on God for my healing.
I'm going to have to cut back on my spending.
I just can’t lose this weight
I can forgive him but I’ll never forget what he did
Scientists say… (anything opposite what God says)
Doctors say… (anything opposite what God says)
Well you just never know what God’s going to do
I’m afraid my company is going to go bankrupt
I’ll probably be the first one laid off
This car (or whatever) is a piece of junk!
Genesis 3:17-24
Galatians 3:13
Deuteronomy 30:19
Joshua 24:15
Proverbs 18:21
Inspiration Copyright © 2008 Nan C Loyd
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
on? Why do Christians suffer the same things the unbeliever’s do? WHY did God take my
child? Why doesn’t he give me the money? Why doesn’t He take this fat from my body? Why
doesn’t he take this drug addiction away?
It’s rather simple, really. When Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden, he released a curse into
the land. What people fail to realize is that this curse NEVER LEFT the earth. Jesus died so
we can be redeemed from the curse but that is an individual choice. The curse is still in the
earth, it just doesn’t have to affect us if we choose to take Jesus as our Lord and Savior AND
obey God’s commandments. WE choose whether we walk in the curse or blessing by what we
believe and say
Another factor in why people have trouble is that most people are waiting for God to do
something about it. God did do something – He sent His only son to die for us. That
redemption paid for our freedom from every curse there is out there. But there is a condition -
WE have to choose it. Several times the Bible points to us and says, “YOU choose; YOU do
something; YOU choose life, not death; YOU go do the works that I did; YOU do greater works
than Me. YOU speak to it (the mountain).
Because the curse is still operating in the earth today, it is the default. A few years back, we
used to receive phone calls asking which long distance telephone carrier we wanted. We were
told that if we did not choose one, one would be chosen for us as a default. The curse is the
default choice in the earth. Do nothing and the curse will operate automatically through that
wrong choice. Choose to do things God’s way and you are redeemed from the curse.
Here is the Living Bible version of the word “redeemed” - bought us out from under the doom
of that impossible system. Ransomed is another meaning. Rescue from loss (improve
opportunity).
If we have curses operating in our life, it is our own fault. The Bible clearly states that the
curse cannot come on us without a reason (Proverbs 26:2). We have been commanded to
choose life, to choose God’s way, to speak God’s Word. To do the opposite opens the door
to the curse operating in our life.
Most of us speak what the world and worldly Christians speak – curses, death, destruction,
and doom, “gloom, despair, and misery on me.” You don’t think so? Any statement that is not
of faith is of death. Unbelief is death - death to dreams, death to a future, death to healing
and wholeness, and eventually death to the physical body. These are death statements:
I don’t know how I am going to pay these bills.
The doctor has said I have cancer and am going to die.
The politicians say the economy is not going to get better.
I’m afraid I’m going to lose my job.
I’m never going to get this paid off.
What if my child never serves God?
I’m waiting on God for my healing.
I'm going to have to cut back on my spending.
I just can’t lose this weight
I can forgive him but I’ll never forget what he did
Scientists say… (anything opposite what God says)
Doctors say… (anything opposite what God says)
Well you just never know what God’s going to do
I’m afraid my company is going to go bankrupt
I’ll probably be the first one laid off
This car (or whatever) is a piece of junk!
Genesis 3:17-24
Galatians 3:13
Deuteronomy 30:19
Joshua 24:15
Proverbs 18:21
Inspiration Copyright © 2008 Nan C Loyd
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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