MONDAY DECEMBER 2, 2019.
SUBJECT: YOUR CONFESSION OF FAITH!
Memory verse: "For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says."(Mark 11 vs 23.)
READ: James 1 vs 6 - 8:
1:6: But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.
1:7: For let not that man, suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;
1:8: he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways
INTIMATION:
To confess is to declare openly by way of speaking out freely, such confession being the effect of deep conviction of facts. The confession of faith, therefore, is declaring openly by way of speaking out freely your faith in God and His Word out of your deep conviction of the reality of God and His Word. It is agreeing with God, and saying the same thing the Scriptures say, affirming what God says in His Word. It is noteworthy that many people confuse confession of faith in God and His Word with confession regarding our merely admitting to wrongdoing in our lives.
In Hebrews 10 vs 23, the Scripture instructs us thus, “Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised).” We are to hold fast to our confession (profession) of our hope (faith) without wavering, for God who promised is faithful. And as we hold fast to our confession, we are to "affirm constantly the faithful sayings" (Titus 3 vs 8), of the things God has revealed to us in His Word. Therefore, to confess your faith, you say what God has said over and over again until that thing desired in our hearts and promised in the Word is fully manifested. The Word of God is a seed (Luke 8 vs 11), therefore, sow the seed of the Word by confessing it, water it by constant affirmation, and wait patiently as the seed springs up, yields a crop, and bears fruit (Luke 8 vs 8 & 15).
The Word of God is living, and now. The Word is like the author; Eternal, Unchanging, and Living. Jesus remarked in Mark 9 vs 23; "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes." Note that the word 'believes' is a present-continuous tense. It is not that all things are possible to him who 'believe'. The believing is continuous because the Word of God is in the now and living. You don't believe today, and tomorrow be filled with doubt. You can't believe now, and later begin to doubt. In the passage we read today, James called that a wavering faith, indicating a doubtful mind.
Doubt is the opposite of faith. You have faith when you take God at His Word. You doubt when you do not to take God at His Word, hence you fail to make a decision to take God's Word applicable circumstances. Our faith in God and His Word must not waver, and must remain firm, no matter how frightened or unsure we may feel about the outcome of the matter. If God has said it, then rest assured it will come to pass (Isaiah 55 vs 11), though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come (Habakkuk 2 vs 3).
Look at the wonderful Scripture in our memory verse, if you harbor no doubt in your believe and speak it out, you will surely receive that which you says. Note that in the previous verse 22. Jesus said, "Have faith in God," for without faith we can't please him (Hebrews 11 vs 6). And how can you receive from Him when you can't please Him. There are two conditions in the verse given to receiving "whatever" you say. One is ‘believing’: you have to believe in your heart that what you say will come to pass. The other is ‘speaking out’: you have to say the thing you are believing in order for the thing which you say to happen.
Many people think that they need "great faith" in order to have their words work. This is not what Jesus taught. However, He said, "If you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you" (Matthew 17 vs 20). The understanding from this verse is that even by having a little faith as tiny as the tiniest seed on earth, and put that faith into words—speaking the words, you will surely have what you says. The outcome may or may not be immediate but it is sure to come.
Dare to say exactly what God says in His Word and mean what you say as God means all He says and says what He means. Agree with God by speaking His Word in all circumstances. Jesus said, "The words that I speak to you they are spirit, and they are life" (John 6 vs 63). Therefore, when you speak truly the Word of God, and mean it, that is you speak faith-filled words, you speak life into your circumstance, because those true Words of God are "life to them that find them" (Proverbs 4 vs 22).
Your duty as a 'believer' is to boldly declare the Word, and it is God's duty to confirm, and perform them (Isaiah 44 vs 26), for He 'hastens His word to perform it' (Jeremiah 1 vs 12). It is your bold declaration of God’s Word that overcomes Satan's power (Revelation 12 vs 11).
Prayer: Abba Father, forever Your Word is settled in heaven. Engrace me to boldly confess and affirm Your Word into situations that confront me, that I may live a triumphant life, in Jesus’ Name I prayed. Amen.
PRAISE THE LORD!
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