It's a Done Deal

When the scripture says in 2 Corinthians 5:7 that the just shall walk by faith and not by sight, many of us don't live out what it means. In other words, we live in hope by believing it will come. Faith is not in the future; it is in the now; it is a done deal.

Think of yourself as a child who is hungry and knows his or her mum made lunch. You are aware or you know that your mum made lunch, and NOT would make lunch. Even though you haven’t seen it, you know lunch is ready. The same applies to us as Sons and Daughters of God, when we are asked to walk by faith, not sight. We are to believe it is a done deal.

When the children of Israel approached Jericho, the LORD told Joshua, their leader, that He had given Jericho and everything in it into their hands. At the time the LORD said this, Jericho was still standing tall, very fortified, with its wall so tall that houses were built on it (ref. Joshua 2:15, 6:2). But Joshua, by faith, saw Jericho in his hands, just as the child knew lunch was ready.

As Sons and Daughters of God, we are to see God as our Father and treat Him as one, because He really is one. Trust what He says, and believe that all you will ever need has been provided to you by grace. And we receive this grace through faith, by acting as a Son or Daughter to a Father which is shown by trusting Him.

Trust in the LORD with all your hearts, and do not lean on your own understanding (ref.: Proverbs 3:5). He does all the worrying for us, ours is to just become Sons and Daughters to Him as He leads us, we are to trust Him that it is done, no matter what we may see that is contrary. Just because He said He sorted out your financial issues, believe it is done. Just because He said He sorted out your health issues, believe it is done, and whatever may come our way.

Remember to always follow His leading because we trust Him, and whatever He says. We are Sons and Daughters to Him and we are to live as one.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

                                          

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Only Repeat What He Said

I believe we are aware of the fig tree that died after Jesus spoke to it (ref.: Matthew 21:18-22; Mark 11:12-14, 20-24). His disciples marvelled when they saw the tree withered from its roots. Jesus told them to have faith in God. And faith is our positive response to all God has given to us by grace in Christ Jesus. But when you come to think of it, activating what God has given to us starts with our thoughts and our words. Our actions follow what our thoughts and words rest on.

What does this mean? It means our words and thoughts should be in line with the grace we have received. In other words, we are to only think and say who He says we are and nothing else. The Bible says the just shall walk by faith and not by sight (ref.: 2 Corinthians 5:7). We should not pay attention to the distractions that are contrary to what He says we are. We are to just repeat what He said.

When we do this, we are confident that it is what He said that we are repeating, and not what we feel like saying that could be contrary to His grace. We become what we say.

Sometimes we may be confident that whatever Jesus says is true, but acknowledging it to ourselves may have some unbelief because of the condemnation from the devil. But when we just repeat what Jesus said, the consistency in knowing that all we have to do is just repeat His words and think it, there is this confidence in the words we speak because we know that if it is true of Jesus, we are just to repeat it and see it manifest. For as He is, so are we in this world (ref.: 1 John 4:17).

We don't really go through troubles in life because Jesus has gone through them and overcome them for us. So we confess His words of victory and see His victory become our reality.

He is above any circumstance we will ever face, we are just to repeat His words, and think them through as meditation day and night. As long as you believe that the words are true of Jesus, then they will be true for you.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

                                          

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The Thorns and the Good Ground

I believe we are familiar with the parable of the sower (ref.: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23; Mark 4:1-9, 13-20; Luke 8:4-8, 11-15). The farmer sowed seeds, some fell by the wayside, some on stony ground, some on among thorns, and some on good ground.

My focus is on the seeds that fell amongst thorns and those that fell on good ground.

The seed represents the word of God, and the ground or soil represents the heart.

For the seeds that fell amongst thorns. The thorns choked the seeds and they didn't grow properly. The thorns represent the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches. The cares of this world include anxiety and worries over things such as bills of any sort, which seem to be the greatest source of worry.

The good ground is healthy ground with good soil, not having stones or thorns. It shows a heart that is completely rested upon the word of the Lord and the leading the Holy Spirit. This is a type of heart every Son and Daughter of God is expected to have, but this is not always the case, and I'll tell you why.

Any ground left uncatered for would grow weeds and maybe thorns. This shows that the good ground depicts a heart that tends the garden with the word of God.

True, there are bills and other forms of distraction that come our way, but when we stand on the word of God, we are led by the Holy Spirit, and He shows us the path to take. We just have to trust Him. To trust Him prevents thorns from growing because if we remember the scripture, the thorns choke the seed which is the word of God. To focus on the bills and distractions that the devil brings towards us cause us to give it so much strength to choke the word of God.

But when we use the sword the Spirit, in this case, could be any cutting farm tool, we prevent any thorn from growing.

The Bible says in Proverbs 3:5-6, "⁵ Trust in the Lord completely, and do not rely on your own opinions. With all your heart rely on him to guide you, and he will lead you in every decision you make. ⁶ Become intimate with him in whatever you do, and he will lead you wherever you go." TPT.

As Sons and Daughters of God, when we trust God completely, we would be likened to the seeds thown on the good ground that grew and bore thirty, sixty, and a hundred folds. Just trust the Lord, trust me you'll thank me later, better still, you thank and praise the Lord God Almighty.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

                                          

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The Rock, the Sand and its True Meaning

I'm sure you've read about the parable of the house on the rock and the house on the sand. Jesus said that whoever hears His words and does them would be likened to the house on the rock. And whoever hears His words and doesn't do them would be likened to the house on the sand (Matthew 7:24-27; Luke 6:47-49).

Both houses experienced the same events, but their ends differed, because of their foundation-the rock and the other sand.

I have written before that the words of Jesus have several meanings within them, and the foundations of these houses are not different, and that is what my focus is in this write-up.

The foundations of these houses represent our hearts, and by heart, I mean where we find true rest.

Romans 8, Apostle Paul wrote about being spiritually minded and being carnally minded. To be spiritually minded is life and peace, that is to be led by the Holy Spirit. And to be carnally minded is death, this means resting on your own abilities and wits alone, the fallen nature that is fazing out. This life is enmity with God because the foundations are of separate natures.

To rest on the words of Christ Jesus is to be spiritually minded, and this means your life has its foundation in Christ alone, which is the life on the rock because the rock represents Christ. This brings you life and peace. But if you rest your life on your abilities and wits alone, you are being carnally minded which is enmity with God, and it brings death, this is represented by the sand.

Both houses faced the same life issues, but one came out victorious, while the other crashed. Both houses faced rain, floods and winds it. This implies that being in Christ doesn't exempt you from trials in life, but it assures you of victory because only the house built on the rock stood firm.

As true Christians, we may go through situations that seem so tough. What we are to do is to remember the words of our Lord Jesus (which the Holy Spirit would help us in our shortcomings according to John 14:26), and rest on His words, and we would see ourselves come out of the situation victorious.

Remember, we are to live our life from victory, and not one trying to get it because we live from the victory of Christ Jesus, this is why we rest on His victorious words. The words of Jesus are alive and powerful, and most never forget that.

Our lives are meaningless and without purpose without Christ Jesus. We are like a headless chicken on its path to death without Christ Jesus. This is why Christ Jesus is the head of the church, where the church finds its true purpose, where you find your true purpose. He is the rock that our life is built on. Without Him, life is built on shaky ground, that is sand. Find Jesus, find your purpose.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

                                          

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Through The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Life is an unstable path and has its ups and downs. As Sons and Daughters of God, you may think your path would be smooth, but it is not. First of all, you are in a fallen world, even though you're not of the world, a clear sign that the things of this world would stand against what you came here to do (ref.: John 15:18-20).

Being a person born again into the body of Christ, your Spirit is perfect before God, but your mind is transforming (ref.: Romans 12:2). With that you could live a life of unbelief that gets you into trouble.

As true Christians, by being in this world we experience trials, and through our faith in Christ Jesus, can get out of these trials. Sometimes, these trials could be so serious, that it appears God is not in the picture because it could be a case of your mistake through ignorance, and even acknowledging the mistake you make by coming humbly before Christ Jesus, you would expect He would show you a way out of the mess immediately, but the case doesn't look like it.

The truth is, Christ Jesus in His love, grace and mercy always shows us a way out of every mess we put ourselves into. But it may not be what we would expect. It may appear unrealistic and not see the sense in taking the path. But remember, Jesus knows all and sees all. He knows the end from the beginning and His ways sort and solve the mess once and for all. It's just what He does.

No matter what you go through, even if it appears as the valley of the shadow of death, just know that the Lord is with you and it is a phase you are passing through, and not a phase to remain in.

The Lord loves His children so much that His ways have, are and will always be the best way to do anything in life, as long as we trust and follow Him. This is why everyone born-again has the Holy Spirit to be led in the Spirit of truth. And as you follow His leading, you'll manifest the finished works of Christ Jesus.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

                                          

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Focus On His Love For You

God in His word has written to us that He has given all things that pertain to life and godliness, which is from His divine power that every born again Son and Daughter receive (ref.: 2 Peter 1:3), which was released based on from the resurrection of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ unto to us as inheritance (ref.: Ephesians 1:18).

But there are times when we ask ourselves if God released His grace to us, especially when faced with trials.

Ephesians 3:20-21 says, "²⁰ Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, ²¹ to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen."

What this means is that grace was released to us, but it is left to us to receive it and use it. And by using it, it means to believe that we have it and to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit.

But many times it is possible that we understand all these and still do not see any result. The reason is because we haven't focused on His love for us.

When we remember that we were naturally sentenced to death because of the nature we were born with, but Jesus in exchange took our nature and gave us His righteousness, and was sentenced to death in our place, and when He was raised, offered us His brand new life of a new creation as our inheritance, it can only be an act of love.

Jesus didn't just take our infirmities and other works of the flesh upon Himself alone, He became sin itself just because He wanted us to live.

It is when we focus on His love for us that we can understand His grace given to us and use it properly in the leading of the Holy Spirit.

We became dead to sin, but alive in Christ because He took our life and gave us His (ref.: Romans 6:11). This is why we should focus on Him and not us because we ceased to exist and have embraced the perfect life of Christ Jesus. It's all about Him and not us.

By focusing on Him and His love, we have boldness, trust, and confidence in Him. We are to focus on His love for us and nothing else. This also enables us to listen to the leading of the Holy Spirit and carry out His purpose for our lives.

Let us not lose focus on the truth in times of trials, and we will His victorious life in and out of any trials and temptation IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t? Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

                                          

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The Excellent Spirit

Do you have a job are you a student, or are you an apprentice under someone? I am sure you know that if you're in any of these categories, you're expected to give your best to see good results which could include promotion, better salaries and so on. But in all these, there is one thing to get the job and to get the job done with the right spirit—the Spirit of excellence.

When we walk with the Lord Jesus as Sons and Daughters of God, we are expected to do whatever we are called to do with an excellent spirit.

So, what is the excellent spirit?

From the standpoint of the ordinary man, it is a spirit of integrity and loyalty. This includes time management, punctuality, trust, your yes being your yes, and your no, being your no. Being morally upright no matter what.

But what does it mean from the standpoint of God?

Let us first get things clear, it is not our works that God sees that bring us excellence, but the spirit behind it.

The spirit of excellence is a spirit of faith, total rest in the finished works of our Lord Jesus Christ. James 2:26 says, "For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also."

Faith without works is dead. What does this mean? To say something and do a thing contrary to what we said implies that our actions say the truth about where our heart truly lies. Likewise, if we say we have faith in a thing, it shows in our actions naturally without an effort. So, to say we believe all that Christ Jesus said in our health, is expected to show through our actions that we truly believe that by His stripes we were made healed. This is the spirit of excellence.

To say a person has an excellent spirit is to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit no matter what. And remember, the Holy Spirit knows all things and will teach us all things (ref.: John 14:26), and this includes living a life of integrity and loyalty in the word just as Christ was here on earth to God.

Daniel was a man of excellence because he lived his life in a way that pleased the Lord, by putting Him first before any other person or thing. His yes was his yes, and his no, no, just as Jesus asked us to live, in Matthew 5:37.

True Daniel got into some trouble because of his stand on justice. But the Lord was with him and brought him out of the mess (ref. Daniel 6). He occupied important positions under three different leadership while in Babylon (Kings Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, and Darius). He was constantly promoted because of his excellent spirit. 

Joseph was another person who had an excellent spirit. From the time he was sold as a slave to Egypt, he prospered continuously because of his excellent spirit. He was made the overseer in the house of Potiphar while still a slave. When he was lied against that landed him in prison, the prison warder found favour with him and he made Joseph in charge of the prisoners. All these didn't just happen, but because of his excellent spirit that he flowed with because the Lord was with Him.

As Sons and Daughters of God, we are to live and walk by faith and not by sight. This is because we Spirit of Christ Jesus lives on the inside of us. So, as we are led by the Holy Spirit in line with the word of God, we live a life of excellence. But if we choose to do whatever we want we won't live in the Spirit of excellence.

God is the God of excellence, as Jesus showed forth while here on earth. Jesus made us understand that if we can only believe in Him and His finished works, we'll allow Him to flow out physically as we're being led by the Holy Spirit. This is because this is our real life now, and having an excellent spirit should be a normal thing.

"Do you see a man diligent and skillful in his business? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men." Proverbs 22:29 AMPC

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t? Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

                                          

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