“The LORD will lighten my darkness.” 2 Samuel 2:29
“The deep things of God.” 1 Corinthians 2:10Archive for faith
Are YOU sure? for reals, are you SURE!?
Shout out to… Those who NEED MORE confidence in GOD!
Lately I’m thinking… Confidence in God increases when your faith has the hinderances removed!
Currently reading… Hebrews Chapter 10
This is really interesting… Who are the just? Are you confident that you live among them?
The soapbox: Lets look at Hebrews chapter 10 for a minute! Lets start our focus around verses 35 & 36 shall we? YOUR confidence, where is it? Carnally based solely on that which YOU can touch, taste, see, hear and smell? Or spiritually based on that which God himself has promised but you have yet to see or receive? If it is spiritually based, than what portion of HIS will have you proven to stand firm in your confidence of God fulfilling his promises in your life? More specifically, what then is the promise of God in the exact situation you must have confidence in him with? Godly patience can only manifest AFTER the will of God is prominant in your scenario! So remember the reward and keep your confidence in God, don’t throw it away!
“Earnestly contend for the faith!…” St. Jude 1:3
Shout out to… My Brethren who are ready to fight!!
Lately I’m thinking… Are we really prepared to “earnestly contend for the faith?”
Currently reading… Jude 1:3
This is really interesting… Are you ready to be a competitive rival and defeat the enemy?
The soapbox: The Apostle Jude gave us quite a challenge and perspective of the fight we actually face! By using the word “contend” he actually kicked up the circumstances of the fight a few notches! A contender is a challeger! One who wants to fight because he feels that he can actually win the fight! I’m here to tell you that the battle is already won! We win! Satan knows it! He hates us for it! And there is nothing he can do about it! He is trying to get us to be distracted from the facts of the ensueing battle and get caught up in the appearance of the details! But thank God for the promise of Romans 8:28! I don’t have to be concerned with his manipulation of the details as long as I genuinely love the Lord Jesus Christ! Thats how we win the fight!
However, we must be ready to fight! I read an African proverb about the Gazelle and the Lion, It said, “When the sun comes up,the gazelle wakes up knowing that it must out run the fastest lion or it will be eaten. The lion knows it must out run the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. So it doesn’t matter if you are gazelle or a lion, when the sun comes up, you had better be running!” The interpretation I got was this… “When a new day is given to a Saint of God, that Saint must know that the battles is on, and that he must be stronger than the strongest demon or he’ll be defeated! The demons, even Satan himself knows that if he is not stronger than the weakest Saint then he will not win the fight that day! So when the sun comes up, you better be ready to fight!” Know where your battles are! Remember 2 Corinthians 12:10 “for when I am weak, then am I strong.” Satan! Get where you belong! Under my feet! Pastor Greg
