Thursday, January 16, 2014
Believing you have received! Do not doubt!
Trusting, not doubting, believing He will never leave us or forsake us. (Deuteronomy 31:6 (NKJV) 6 Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.”) And God never lies, nor is He ever wrong. He's not even slow as some count slowness...2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
So, why do we doubt? Fear replaces faith, the belief in things unseen. Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for , the evidence of things not seen.
We recently had to step away from a job that provided a paycheck. With no visible means of support, we believed that the Lord was asking us to step out on the water, and walk with Him. You have to do two things to walk on the water; hear Jesus call you there, and believe He will sustain you, because you can't, remember it's impossible to do the impossible, unless you believe He is calling you, then all things are possible for those who believe. (Matthew 19:26) Remember too, that, "But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. ( Hebrews 11:6 New King James Version (NKJV))
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Romans 10:17) So if we receive God's word, "Come" then we have to be careful our hearts don't get in the way. Matthew 13:18 “Therefore hear the parable of the sower: 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside. 20 But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. 22 Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. 23 But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
These are like the growing conditions of God's words to us. If the soil is good, and we know the seed is good, because it's God's word, then let not those seeds be choked, in Jesus name! God is not a liar, and His word can't return void, or with no effect! Isaiah 55:11 (NKJV) So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
Yes, and amen!
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