Happy weekend,
Doubt, fear, and unbelief, these three summarises why we don’t utilise the grace which God has given us. These three show up on different occasion where we think to ourselves and based on certain circumstances we then conclude that it wasn’t going to work. Most times we use our lives to judge if God would answer certain prayers made to Him. Well, guess what, not before, now or even in the future were our prayers ever good enough before God. As long as our soul is still being transformed, we would add carnality to our prayers. This was why Apostle Paul said in Romans 8:26 that the Spirit helps us in our weaknesses, for we know not what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit intercedes on our behalf. So, if this is true about our lives, we would then understand that for us to stand before God and He calling us righteous is by grace and not of works.
Now, coming from the angle of grace which we now live as we grow in Jesus, and God calling us righteous, we could then ask then that if we still battle with fear, doubt, and unbelief, then how do we communicate with God let alone utilise the grace He has given us? I paraphrased a verse in the Romans 8:26 which starts to give an answer in addressing the aspect of fear, doubt, and unbelief. You are to allow the Holy Spirit in us intercede for you almost if not every time.
To elaborate on the last paragraph, we have access to the grace not because we did something, but because Jesus lives in us, in other words, it is Jesus in us that qualifies us to have access to the grace given to us. Let me put it better, there is no us anymore, who we are to look at that dwells in our being is Jesus! Now, what we are to do is to study and meditate on who the resurrected Jesus is because He is the one dwelling in us, we need to understand that whatever thing we receive is coming to Jesus, but because He dwells in your being that thing comes to you, therefore you are privileged to use that thing by grace, not that you deserved it.
Now, we are to meditate on Jesus and then know His abilities, for example, at His name, every knee would bow and every tongue would confess that He is Lord. So, when you are led by the Holy Spirit to heal a sick person for instance, don’t ever look at your, rather look at Jesus as the one who wants to heal the person, and as you have studied and know fully well that Jesus never fails, you put your trust in Jesus instead of yourself. This is why Hebrews 12:2 tells us to look unto Jesus, the author, and finisher of faith. In order for us to understand that we and Jesus are inseparable, the translators added the word “our” in front of faith in Hebrews 12:2, whereas the author of the book was trying to make us understand that we have not faith, only the faith of Jesus which we are to use. And by using it is by allowing Him and not us to take charge of the situation.
Jesus didn’t take credit for any miraculous sign He performed, not even His words, rather He said that which He sees the Father do that is what He does. He rested on the ability of God, so also we are to rest on the ability of Christ. We are to always study and meditate on Jesus as we search the scriptures, which would always remind us that it is Jesus and not us that is doing things. And we would find out that any time we do this, there is no form of fear, doubt, and unbelief because our focus is on His strength and not our strength. Live the miraculous today!
May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. 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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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)
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