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Attack Your Lack - Oral Roberts

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<strong>Attack</strong> <strong>Your</strong> <strong>Lack</strong><br />

nothing" (Deuteronomy 2:7). After Jesus' death,<br />

resurrection, ascension, and His sending the Holy<br />

Spirit, we are told "neither was there any among<br />

them that lacked..." (Acts 4:34). Yes, it's possible<br />

to overcome your lack. It doesn't happen<br />

automatically or even easily, but it is possible to<br />

attack and win.<br />

And fourth, God has provided the MEANS for<br />

you to use in overcoming your lack.<br />

What is that MEANS?<br />

It is your faith.<br />

But, you say, how do I get faith?<br />

My friend, you already have it. Paul said in<br />

Romans 12:3, "God hath given to every man the<br />

measure of faith." That includes you.<br />

I used to pray for God to give me faith. I<br />

pleaded, I begged, I cried for it. Then one day I<br />

opened my Bible and read Romans 12:3. I was so<br />

excited that I took my pen and wrote my name<br />

next to the verse so it read, "God has given every<br />

man—that includes <strong>Oral</strong> <strong>Roberts</strong>—the measure<br />

of faith."<br />

It came like a flash: faith is not something I<br />

have to get, it's something God has already put<br />

inside me. I have faith, you have faith, we know it<br />

because God says we do. And we know it because<br />

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