The Lord has been on this topic now with me for about 4 months now. He expects us to expect him to fulfill his promises to us. The bible is a promise filled book. This world is a problem filled place. We are not like the world, we have promises. We can choose to focus in the problems we see all around us or we can focus on the promises given by our God. The approach each person uses will determine their life.
2 Corinthians 5:7
We live by faith, not by sight.
We live by faith.....not sight. Do I see all the problems around us? Sure, but so what? Am I too stay focused on what my eyes tell me or am I commanded to dwell on what faith tells me? Here is where we see how important it is to stay in the word of God. If we stay in the bible, our mind will be full of promises and faith. The bible is a promise and faith filled book. If we stay focused on this world with all its problems, we will be problem filled people.
In spite of the fears, troubles and problems this brother has faced in life, the Lord has delivered me from them all. That is what the Lord would have me tell you today. Our God is a God who still answers prayers today. He is faithful and true to his promises. Since the Lord has been on this topic now with me for about 4 months, it appears that he intends to stay on it.
In these last days, while darkness and wickedness and apostasy abound, we are called back to a simple childlike faith in Jesus. We are called back into the word of God to be rooted and built up in faith on a text that is error free. We do not need man's words, we need Gods words. Men can deceive you, the Lord will not deceive you. He tells you the truth every time.
We are living once again in the days of Noah and Lot. We don't know how much time is left and neither does anyone else. To even try to guess is a fool's errand. For that reason we are told to be watching and ready every day....A person who is not watching and ready today is likely to be caught unprepared on the day the Lord shows up.
Luke 21:34“Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap. 35For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth. 36Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”
We are told to be careful not to let our hearts be weighed down......with dissipation drunkeness and the anxieties of life....That's important stuff isn't it? Do you know what a focus on the problems in the world will do? It will weigh your heart down with the "anxieties of life."
What are we told about the "anxieties of life?"
Philippians 4:6
... Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
We are called to be a promise filled people. I know of something that gets the world's attention: real answers to real problems. The Lord is telling me today that I am to believe him for spectacular answers to prayer. He is a big God, there is no other like him. At this point in my walk with him I expect spectacular...awesome..incredible to the world kinds of results from prayer. I am a nobody, he is everything, Jesus is everything, he is the focus. Focus on him, seek his face, stay in his word, trust him, that's another way of saying "have faith." This brother, the least of your brothers is telling you today that our God can be trusted.
Use every ounce of faith at your disposal today. Stay in the fight. Believe the Lord for everything and anything. No prayer or request is too small or too big if you have the faith for it. If you don't have the faith for it then ask Jesus for more...stay in his word.
The Spirit says to me today: encourage, encourage, encourage, testify, testify, testify. The Lord has performed miracles in my life, that is no exaggeration. I am to tell you today that if miracles through faithful prayer have been done for me, they can be done for you. Our Lord is no respecter of persons. Be patient, have faith..let patience have her perfect work:
James 1:4
... But let patience have her perfect work, that ye maybe perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
grace and peace
Be Anxious For Nothing
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