It is the faith that God has placed within us that drives us
forward, we really don’t have the ability to trust God from our own desires because
we are by nature pragmatic, we want cause and effect results.
When God places faith within a man or woman there is a
transaction that takes place, that transaction is an impartation of the very
nature of God himself, it is relational, we call it faith.
Faith is the confidence and trust in what we cannot see with our
eyes but there is an inner knowing with our spirit that God will accomplish
what He has set out to do.
There are many mountains which challenge us in our life path
which need to be overcome, Jesus has already won the victory over every
enemy which asserts itself as having power over the finished work of Christ. We must recognize that Jesus is not fighting
the battles anymore, He is sitting on His throne at the right hand of the
Father and resting, He has handed off His victory to us.
Amazingly we aren’t to engage in the ‘fight’
either, but we are also to rest by declaring and standing in the truth of what
was finished on the cross to every enemy and every mountain which could ever challenge
us. That declaration is that King Jesus
is victorious over all.
What is your mountain?
Does it seem impossible? The
truth is ‘the bigger the mountain the greater the victory’ to demonstrate God’s glory, it
only takes the faith that resides within us to be activated to begin the process of moving forward. We can tell those mountains
to get up and jump into the sea and they will obey us when we stand with
confidence in the faith we have been given in Christ.
What is a mountain in this case? It can be anything that stands in the way of
your victory in Jesus. See Romans 8:35-37
(CEV) Do you need more proof?
"Children, you belong to God, and
you have defeated these enemies. God’s Spirit is in you and is more powerful
than the one that is in the world. These enemies belong to this world, and the
world listens to them, because they speak its language." 1 John 4:4-5 (CEV)
Notice that the word above ‘defeated’ is in the past tense,
everything that Jesus has given us by way of His victory on the cross is in the
past tense, our faith is made ‘active’ (present tense) when we stand in (or rest in) confidence and appropriate the victory over every enemy by faith.
We are overcomers in Christ Jesus over every chain, every
fear, every sickness, every doubt. We
are given an anthem of love to sing which the Lord’s battle cry in this life:
“Every giant will fall, the mountains will move, every chain of the past you’ve broken in two. Over fear of the lies we’re singing the
truth, and nothing is impossible with you.” (Lyrics from 'Every giant will fall' by the Rend Collective)
God wants to show His strength in our weakness and develop
our spiritual muscles of faith in trusting and resting in Him.
"Everything is finished! I am Alpha
and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will freely give water from the
life-giving fountain to everyone who is thirsty. All who win the victory will be
given these blessings. I will be their God, and they will be my people." Revelation
21:6-7 (CEV)
King Jesus has given us victory in every way possible as
long as we place our complete confidence in Him to be our Victor in everything
that comes our way. We are more than
overcomers, we are champions, conquerors in the faith of Jesus.
Be Blessed;
Stephen Barnett
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