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FridayAugust 21, 2026
Faith and Evidence

Faith and Evidence — Romans 4:17

We're still on the season of laughter and supernatural enforcement. Hope you've been following the confessions and the prayers? Remember that the actual power in the covenant walk is revealed through the daily confessions.The above scripture tells us what God actually said to Abraham even in his state of childlessness…

Pastor Lazarus Ukogo4 minutes
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Romans 4:17 · KJV

(17) (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
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We're still on the season of laughter and supernatural enforcement. Hope you've been following the confessions and the prayers? Remember that the actual power in the covenant walk is revealed through the daily confessions.

The above scripture tells us what God actually said to Abraham even in his state of childlessness. Notice that God didn't exactly give Abraham a promise but made an admittance. God didn't say, "I will make thee a father." but said, "I have made thee a father.".

God wasn't making a promise, but was declaring an enforcement. The verse above goes further to describe that enforcement as "calling things which be not as though they were". You might have heard the preceding statement before so the question is, what exactly is meant by the statement, "calling things which be not as though they were"?

The word, "be" shows active existence; so the phrase "be not" shows active inexistence. Notice that the bible didn't say, ".the things that are not", but rather said, "the things which be not". The first thing you must admit before creative power can work in your life is the fact that even unseen things are currently in a state of existence by power.

This means that nothing is completely inexistent, all things exist whether the visible and the invisible. Invisibility is relative and not absolute; something can be invisible to me but visible to you and vice versa. What we call invisible is simply what our eyes cannot see.

When the bible said that God called invisible things as though they were, the bible wasn't talking about things invisible to God, but spoke of things invisible to man. With and to God, nothing is invisible. Take a look at the scripture below: Colossians 1:16 (16) For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: Have you really asked yourself what the part of this scripture above that says, "For by him were all things created.visible and invisible.all things were created by him, and for him" means?

How can the bible say that God created invisible things? How can God create what the eyes cannot see? The scripture above tells us that among God's creation exists things, entities and systems not discernible by the human eyes but only seen by God.

God simply creates new things by making invisible things visible. Each time God creates, He simply makes visible to all creature what was only visible to God. In other words, God sees much more and knows much more than we do; whenever He makes Divine visibility to become a natural and spiritual visibility, we say that a work of creation has happened.

God already created every possible thing in the realm of God before creating such in the known realm. This is why you have a scripture like this below: Revelation 13:8 (8) And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. The scripture above tells you that Jesus was actually crucified when the foundation of the world was laid.

This act however was physically executed several thousands of years later. With all this, we can see that when God told Abraham, "I have made thee", God was letting Abraham know that what he needed had already been accomplished in the realm of God, but could only come into the realm of man by faithful enforcement. This is why that verse said, ".before whom he believed.".

Everything you ever desire currently exists in the Divine realm; the manifestation of these can only happen by the "calling" principle. The "calling" principle is applied by God in creation and is recognized by the line, "Let there be". You can leverage on the power of these 3 words now and powerfully recreate life and existence for yourself.

This is God's empowerment for now and you shall experience it's powers in Jesus name.

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