It is not a question of faith. Let me tell you where the trouble lies. When Jesus said to Mary and Martha, “Said I not un­to thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?” What was it He expected them to believe? That the Lord created the world in six days? That is in the Bible and it is true. Did He want them to believe all the prom­ises that are in the Word? No, He wanted them to believe only one specific promise, one little word out of all the hundreds of thousands of words, one little word which pertained to this particular situation. That is all they had to believe. They could have found all the words in the Bible which He had spoken and tried to believe them for that situation, but they would have been blocked because all those other promises did not pertain to this occasion.

However, there was a word from God which related to it and He wanted them to believe that and nothing else. But if you persist in obtaining all kinds of promises which you think apply to the situation, you will have a headache and will sit back and wonder where God is. Well, He is in heaven. I could not number the poor souls whom I have had to dig out of a hole which they had dug for them­ selves, because they did not know that they were to believe what God says about the situation and not what they think He should say. The promises are all right, but they cannot be applied promis­cuously.

You have to know what God is thinking about a matter; that is, to ascertain the mind of God. And if you walk in the Spirit and commune with Him, He can communicate with you and all you need to do is to abide in that one little word which He speaks to your heart, letting all the other promises go. All you need to do is to place your faith in that one little word which He has given concerning the thing that is before you. Do that which He says to you and not forty other things. Believe that what He is saying is what He wants you to believe. Go before Him and say,

“Father, here is a situation. I could get twenty-five promises out of the Bible, but I refuse to do that because I have been defeated too many times by following that method. Lord, what do You desire in this matter? Intimate Your will to my poor troubled heart; just one word. Whisper to me in my spirit the attitude that You wish me to take, and if it be Your good pleasure bring to my mind a promise, an intima­tion which will grip me as a conviction. Perhaps You can bring me into contact with someone who will be a voice for me. God, speak to me. You are in­telligent; I am but a child, but You say that Your sheep know Your voice. What is Your thought about this situa­tion? All I want is to take the right at­titude towards it.”