<TITLE>16. Par 54-56</TITLE>L-54 Now, the Word is a Seed. Now, most of you brethren are--are here, I suppose, farm. And you put a seed in the ground, and the--the next morning you go out and dig it up, and say, "My corn ain't growing yet," put it back, and cover it up. The next morning, "See if it's growing again." It never will grow like that. No, no. Every time you dig it up, you delay it. Isn't that right?
What do you do? You know the earth was made to grow the corn (Is that right?), or the--or the--the seed. And you plant the seed, commit it to the earth, and forget about it. God does the rest of it. Well, that's the way you do with the Word of God. You just plant It. Don't dig It up. Just keep on believing It. Commit it to God. He makes It grow. That's right. See?
Any promise that God makes, you just--you just plant it in your heart and say, "It's mine. God gave it to me." See? Now, you may not see any results right now. You never see a corn crop as soon as you plant your corn, but potentially it's there. As long as you'll leave it alone, and keep watering it, it--it'll grow. Don't worry about that. It'll take... If it's a germitized seed... And every Word of God is germitized by God Himself. God is in the Word, so it will grow. You know it will.
There you are. We have to take His Word, accept It, believe It, commit It, and It grows. That's right. Don't keep digging It up now. You'll ruin It. You'll ruin your crop every time you do that. So just commit it to God and believe it.

L-55 Now, for instance like... Say for instance, I was up here on top of the mountain somewhere marooned and I had nothing to eat. And before I could get anything to eat... A loaf of bread would save my life, and the purchase price of a loaf of bread, say, twenty-five cents. Well, I'd say...
Somebody come in, say, "What's the matter, Brother Branham?"
"I'm starving to death. I'm going to die."
"Why?"
"I haven't got no bread."
Well, you say, "Why don't you get some bread?"
"I haven't got no money."
"Well, a loaf of bread's worth twenty-five cents."
"Yes, sir. But I haven't got twenty-five cents." See?
Well, you'd would say, "Here, Brother Branham, take this twenty-five cents and get you a loaf of bread."
Oh, my. I'd just--I'd just dance a little jig all around. Why? I can be just as happy with a quarter in my hand to buy the loaf of bread, as I would be with a loaf of bread; because I have got the purchasing power for the loaf of bread.
Just like, there's the store. All I have to do is lay it down, and I get the loaf of bread. So I can be just as happy with the quarter in my hand as I could with the loaf of bread, because it's the buying power of the loaf of bread.

L-56 So what is the evidence of your healing when you believe it? No matter what takes place... You say, "I don't feel better. Don't..." That don't have nothing to do with it. You've got the purchase power; you believe it. So just start dancing a little jig, saying, "Praise God. I'm going to be well, because I've got the purchasing power of that loaf of bread." There you are. See?
Now, there's no one can heal you, because you're already healed. How many knows that? The Bible teaches that? You're already healed. By His stripes you were healed. See? Now, no man can heal you. And you can't... If Jesus stood here Himself, He couldn't heal you. He's already done it. See? That's exactly right. You'd have to believe it.


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