BLOGABOUTIT.COM August 25, 2011
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU ABOUT WHAT BEAUTIFUL THINGS OUR LORD HAS DONE!
POWER CORD
NOW TO HIM WHO IS ABLE TO DO EXCEEDINGLY, ABUNDANTLY ABOVE ALL WE MAY ASK OR THINK ACCORDING TO THE POWER THAT WORKS IN US (EPHESIANS 3:20)
GOD HAS NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF FEAR BUT OF POWER, LOVE AND A SOUND MIND (II TIMOTHY 1:7)
Greetings Gang!
Good to be back in the blogosphere!
The Lord God in His infinite wisdom and by a move of His sovereign hand is allowing me to yet again share extremely useful truth with you. It’s amazing. I’m learning that when applied correctly, it (His word) really works! Like using the right power cord.
Hey you remember His truth from my last blog entitled Fear v. Believing? Well guess what? I applied it to my own life and some pretty encouraging things took place as a result. Some major stuff that was causing me serious mental and physical grief has been uprooted from my life. Obstacles that I had battled with for anywhere from about a few months to a few years, just gone. Ain’t it grand? It will happen for you the same way or better. Like the scripture referenced above reads: According to the power that works in us.
How is that possible you ask? Simple, the power that works in me changed. I went from praying by faith to praying with faith or power that kept me from being fearful that what I was praying for wouldn’t come to past or that maybe the Lord wouldn’t give it to me in time or maybe He doesn’t want me to have it or ask Him for this type of thing. It was crazy stuff! All in my head!
The power that had been working in me was fear. Well no more. Once I began to pray without the fear but with the realization that it’s okay to ask Him anything, He loves me no matter what and He hasn’t put any boundaries on what I can believe Him for, I started seeing results.
May I point out that the “anything” referenced encompasses what is according to His will for us (I John 5:14) and this translates into an understanding of His will being of His purpose to bless us through Christ. Not just willy-nilly to see if He’ll do it. Ya dig?
I made a conscious decision to “believe only”. I changed the power cord to my faith from fear to BELIEVE ONLY and wow, have I seen the difference.
These are scary times right now. I’m not being cliché’ or anything but it's so true. It’s easy to fall into being afraid. The media, political leaders, our wallets, bank accounts and investments all invite us to.
But if you can get hold of the truth that the according to the power that works in us is valid and useful as far as your faith walk, you'll see a change in those types of life situations.
I used to think to myself, "What the heck is this power that works in us?" Why does it have to be something that works in us? Why can’t He just bless us when we need it? I mean His word teaches us at Matthew 6:33-34 that He knows we have need of these things. What I finally realized (and I believe this is coming straight from the Lord) is: 1) We have to have a power working in us before our Lord can intervene; and 2) It's the Lord who gives it to us (II Timothy 1:7). So no worries!
In this instance, it is the power of our believing that He will. We already know the obvious. That He can. We just have to believe that He will. Therein has been our opposition. It’s from the enemy of course. He knows the power of our believing God will too. As I've had the privilege of sharing with you before, an excellent example of the Lord’s willingness is found at Mark 5:36-42 and Luke 8:50-56.
WELL, I HOPE YOU’VE BEEN ENCOURAGED GUYS.
