As God is the only One who can meet all your needs, it is important that you rely on Him alone. Any move towards getting help from another source amounts to double-dealing, and God cannot perform for people who stand between two opinions. Your expectation is either from Him or you are not ready for His great acts at all. The Psalmist says,

“My Soul, wait thou only upon God, for my expectation is from Him.” Psalm 62:5

He also says in Psalm 121:2, “My help cometh form the Lord, which made heaven and earth.” God hates double-dealing business; He is a jealous God. He said, “…My glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images” (Isaiah 42:8). It is not hard to know why people double-deal. They think God must of necessity have to go through men to accomplish His Word. No, sir! Anyone who thinks that way has not, within the framework of his imagination, fully comprehended the immensity of God’s power.

God is Jehovah El-Shaddai, He is all-sufficient. He is more than enough to meet all situations, all by Himself. He could, if He chooses, go through men. But He is not necessarily bound to do that. He can make use of inanimate objects, if He so chooses. When God looked around and saw no man to speak to Balaam on His behalf, He used his (Balaam’s) own ass to do the speaking. Jesus told the complaining Pharisees on His entry into Jerusalem “…I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out” (Luke 19:40). 

The five thousand were fed directly from heaven. In 1 Kings 17, God was the one responsible for replenishing the pot of flour and the cruise of oil of the widow of Zarephat. Like the example I gave earlier, you cannot look unto God for employment and at the same time go about seeking favour from bosses. Jesus said, “No man can serve two masters.” If you are tapping God’s resources through your faith to meet one kind of need or another, then, it is better for you to go ahead with that alone. It is by so doing that God can justify you.

There was the case of a woman I once ministered to for a miracle. As I laid hands on her, God ministered to me: “The woman has an alternative.” I stopped the prayer and told the woman, “God said you have an alternative source to what you are seeking: true or false?” She affirmed it was true. Then I told her that she should make up her mind who to choose: the Living God or her poor alternative. Then I gave her time within which to make up her mind anew about the matter. The woman’s behaviour was enough reason for God to fold His hands. Why? Because God is a jealous God.

He wants all the glory in every matter to be ascribed to Him. He is beautiful for all situations. What He has done to your situation, no man else can. We are further enjoined, “Let your eyes be single and your body be full of light” (Matthew 6:22). Look up to the hills, brethren, look up.

For by so doing, it will be impossible to look down. Looking down means looking at the problem, and that alone can destroy you. If it is left to you, you have no power to stand the devil.

You overcome him by your faith, which taps power from above to counteract his activities. Remember the episode of the brazen serpent in the Book of Numbers chapter 21. The instruction was to look at the brazen serpent and not Moses. Any victim of the snake bite, no matter his position or usefulness, who looked elsewhere, would surely die. Therefore, look unto God and you will win always…

This text is an extract from the book “THE LAW OF FAITH” written by David O. Oyedepo. 
We invite you to read the following article “Essential Supplements To Faith: The Act Of Praise“.

Keep To Your Source. Keep To Your Source.