“Our God… is able…and he will…But if not…we will not.” Here is the testimony of three of God’s choicest saints. These men had the courage of their convictions; they stood for the God of Heaven, when all others were kneeling down to the god of this world. You’d think that if anyone would be delivered from the dire situation they were in, they would be. But God preferred to deliver them in it, rather than out of it. They were the “others” of Heb. 11 (verses 35-40). Notice they had the same faith as the rest in the chapter who were delivered.
They believed not only God could, but would, come to their aid. I think the addendum to their statement of faith is one of the greatest confessions in all the Word of God; “But if not…we will not.” This is a paralyzing possibility in all cases of prayer, “But if not.” All prodigals do not return, all illnesses are not healed, and all problems are not resolved. And there are legions of other things that may not come to pass the way we desired or imagined. At such times, we need to be resolute with a “…we will not.” That is, not blame God or quit on Him, or go back to the world.
Christ’s enemies taunted Him on the Cross with, “He saved others; himself he cannot save…let him come down now from the cross” It was not a weak faith that kept Him on the Cross; on the contrary, it was just the opposite. It was not that His faith was too weak for Him to come down from the Cross; it was that His faith was so strong that it kept Him from coming down!
A dear friend of mine, who has been confined to a wheelchair for many years (since the age of eighteen), gives testimony to the fact that if Christ gave her the choice to walk or remain in her condition, she’d choose the latter. For, says she, “I believe this chair is God’s will for my life.” This, my friend, is the victory that overcomes the world!
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