You use your faith to establish the Word of God in the earth. Part one. ................................................. To use your faith to establish the Word of God here on earth, The Mind has important part to play for Your Faith to work. Now we’re going be looking at where the mind comes in, with respect to faith. It’s really simple because it’s right there in the Word of God. Romans 4:17-19: “(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, whoquickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Saras womb: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God” God calls inexistent things as though they already existed. He is the God who gives life to the dead. So God is a miracle God. In addition, God is a faith God, because He calls things that don’t exist as though they already did. That means He speaks of the future as though it were history. That’s wonderful; and it means your future is in history with God; it’s already passed. The Scripture also says of Abraham– “Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be…” Now here’s the big one - verse 19 – “And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Saras womb.” If he was not weak in faith, it means he was strong in faith. Reading on, the Word says, “he staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God”You could actually read verse 19 into 20 this way, leaving out the negatives: “…being strong in faith he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Saras womb. This is the first point, strong faith doesn’t consider the circumstances. What does it mean to consider not? It means that he pondered not on the circumstances; he wasn’t processing the information of the circumstances, rather he processed the information of God’s Word. He wasn’t setting his mind on the circumstances and trying to address himself by the circumstances, instead he addressed himself by the Word of promise (the Word of God that came to him). The Bible says he considered not the circumstances of his body, or the circumstances of his wife’s womb. How are you going to use this for your life? In today’s world, people don’t stay in anything. If they are tired of their jobs, they get out. If they are tired of their marriage, they get out. If they are tired of their children, they leave them. Once they get tired of anything, they just check out of it. They just can’t stay, but something is wrong with that. They are not carrying out the will and purpose of God for their lives; they are just letting satan have his way. Satan comes into your joy and destroys it; he gets into your business and you let it go. It’s amazing! Remember what Jesus said: when the son of man cometh shall he find faith in the earth? He posed a challenge to His disciples. (Luke 18:8). Not many are living by faith today; they think faith is just something with which you get what you want from God. No! Faith is something with which you live for God and carry out the righteousness of God in the earth. (Rom. 8: 19). That’s what your faith is for. Your faith is for producing the righteousness of God in the earth. When a fellow says Im tired of this church, and leaves the Church, something is wrong. He doesn’t think or channel his thoughts towards being an agent of change, who would pray and fast for his Church, his Pastors, and leaders, so that there would be a change. He doesn’t think like that, but that’s what we are expected to do; we are to carry out the righteousness of God in the earth; that’s what you use your faith for. You use your faith to establish the Word of God. (Acts 19:20). So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. Almost anything that happens, he says, I’m tired of this and of that and so, the next thing he does is to leave or give it up. What kind of life is that? If youre tired of a situation, show it in your prayer. Don’t show it by walking away, show it in your prayer; show it in intercession. (Rom. 8: 6). To be continued. Pastor Patrick Mazina
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:31:01 +0000
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