HOLD FAST TO YOUR CONFESSION OF FAITH!

EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

THURSDAY MAY 21, 2020.

SUBJECT : HOLD FAST TO YOUR CONFESSION OF FAITH!

Memory verse: "Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, Let us hold fast our confession." (Hebrews 4 vs 14.) 

READ: First 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:

Our faith, or unbelief is determined by our confession. Few of us realize the effect of our spoken word on our own hearts, or on our adversary. He hears us make our confession of trust, confidence, of failure, of sickness, of lack, and apparently he doesn't forget. Remember he is the our accuser; accusing us of our weak or negative confession, and we unconsciously go down to the level of our confession. No one ever rises above his or her confession.

Everybody who walks by faith will have testings or trials. They do not come from the Father; they come from the adversary. God may allow the testings or trials of the adversary to test your faith and trust in Him. But as long as the adversary can confuse the issue, and keep you in a state of flux, you are at a disadvantage. A state of flux is a state of continual changing, of insatiability, of double mindedness. In the passage we read today, the apostle James describes a double-minded man as unstable in all his ways, and let not that man think he shall receive anything from the Lord.

In our memory verse, the Scripture advises us, as Christians, to "hold fast our confession." That is if our confession is in tune with the Word of God in the Scripture, knowing that the Scripture cannot be broken (John 10 vs 35); that what the Father says is true, and sure, already settles in heaven. When we doubt His Word, it is because we believe something else that is contrary to the Word. Our confidence may be in the arm of flesh; it may be in medicine; it may be in institutions; but whatever our confidence, if it contradicts the Word it destroys our faith life, and without faith it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11 vs 6). Consequently, It destroys our prayers, and brings us again into bondage.

There isn't any power in all the universe that can void any statement of fact in His Word. No Word from God is void of power. He said, "So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. (Isaiah 55 vs 11.) Your confidence is in that unbroken, living Word, and you hold fast to your confession in the face of every assaults of the enemy. Never in any way be terrified by your adversaries. Sometimes, it may appear as though the prayer is not answered, hold on to it, though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come (Habakkuk 2 vs 3). It is your quiet assurance in His Word that gives you the supremacy over your adversary.

God’s ways are forever the best, and therefore, He answers in our best interests. Though it might not be the way we wanted, but He aligns our desires with His purposes. He knows the best for us in any circumstances. As a Christian, Are you holding fast to your confession during prayer as well as after prayer? Or do you confess faith in Christ during prayer, and doubt and unbelief after prayer? Any confession you make is a seed sowed in like manner, and you will reap according to what you sowed. Therefore, when you sow a seed of faith in Christ, and turn around to sow the seed of doubt or double-mindedness, you void the earlier seed of faith sowed, and consequently will reap the harvest of the later seed of doubt.

Prayer: Abba Father, my trust is in You. Forever Your Word is settled in heaven. Nothing, absolutely nothing can take away my trust in You, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!