Taken Back In Time To Determine Your Future

I looked at the human life generally in terms of how goals are achieved. I discovered once a person focuses on his goal as having it as his, with time what is focused on manifests in real life. This principle applies to every man irrespective of being a believer or not, it is something God gave to man right from when he said man should dominate the earth [ref. Genesis 1:28].

Now, my point here is to question the fact of a man bringing his goals into manifestation just by believing he has it through the power of focus. The point here is, isn’t this faith and didn’t Jesus say in Mark 11:23-24, “ ...whoever says... and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says... ...whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.” NKJV. So, if the ordinary man can achieve this, then what is so special about faith? This is how most Believers live. If this is so which is, then it implies Believers haven’t gotten the true meaning of faith.

According to the Amplified translation, Hebrews 11:1 says “NOW FAITH is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real what is not revealed to the senses]. There are key terms stated here: CONFIRMATION/TITLE DEED; HOPE and PROOF/CONVICTION. A proper understanding of what these terms mean would enable us to understand what faith really is.

Jesus told His disciples to have faith in God [ref. Mark 11:22]; faith in another sense could be seen as a reaction to what someone has done, and not what we have done; allow me to elaborate. As humans we all have things we need, which could be referred to as hope. The CONFIRMATION/ TITLE DEED as put in Hebrews 11:1 implies that someone has paid for something which you didn’t do, and this is where Grace comes in. Grace as we know is an unmerited favour, thus receiving things we don’t deserve. This affects the HOPE; now hope are the things we need which God knows we need.

Ephesians 3:20 says Christ is able to do beyond our imagination; this is an act of Grace which is CONFIRMATION/TITLE DEED which was done by someone and not us. Now the PROOF/CONVICTION implies that what we intend to get has already been done ahead of time.

Flow with me, Jesus while on earth had told His disciple that though there may be trials and temptation, they are to be of good cheer because He has overcome the world [ref. John 16:33]. This implies he has gone ahead of us to fight the battle we would face but would come out victorious because He came out victorious [ref. Philippians 2:9-11; Ephesians 1:21]. Jesus won every battle we would ever fight; this is why we fight from victory and not for victory.

The truth here is that Believers are to live their lives as actors in a movie Jesus lived; we are just to act the script of how Jesus overcame the world; now “the world” here is personified as the life we face individually.

So what we are doing is like going back in time to determine our future; now this is faith, as the scriptures says in Zechariah 4:6, “Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the LORD of hosts.”  We are to live by the Spirit and not by our might, effort or knowledge. Remember, we were bought with a price; as we gave our lives to Christ we died and a new life came in which is the exact Spirit of Jesus. So, it is the life of Jesus we are to live and not our life, really because we don’t exist anymore!

So, unlike the normal human who focuses on what he wants and as a result of his focus gets what he wants, Believers on the other focus and live the life Jesus had already lived which is always a life of good success and prosperity.

Now the script to this remarkable successful life are the scriptures and the director is the Holy Spirit, telling us each move Jesus made which we are to make. With this we would not live a life of assumptions but a life of conviction because we have the script with us; remember, it is not about you but Him; just believe that He exists and has fought your battle ahead of you; He is a lamp to our feet and a light unto our path [ref. Psalm 119:105]. This is the Gospel Truth.

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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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from King James Version (KJV)