Do you know that it is the absolute will of God for you to be free? To be
completely free from all types of bondage—all fears, all doubts and all
worries? That He wants us free from the prisons of self-condemnation and
guilt? To be released from all thoughts of insecurity, inadequacy and failure?
Our God, through and by way of the finished work of Jesus Christ, has opened
the way for us to be completely and totally delivered. Not 75% free, not 90%
and not 99.9% free but 100% completely set free from whatever encases and
enslaves mankind. This is what God desires!
John 8:31 and 32:
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my
word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
How about you? Do you have any hope that life can be any different than it
has been and that there is still the possibility that things can change—for
the better?! Or have you succumbed to the thinking that negativity is the
status quo? Are you convinced that where you are is your “lot in life?” Or
perhaps you think, “I have been this way for so long I’ll probably never
change.”
Sometimes our thinking can be so clouded by the turmoil of the situations
and circumstances we are in that it actually looks like there are no answers.
We pretty much throw in the towel, settling for a life of desperation,
unhappiness and frustration.
But this is not what God had in mind when He envisioned His Son, Jesus
Christ, as being the ultimate and perfect sacrifice for mankind. As man’s
redeemer, he opened the door for us so we can now have the complete and total
deliverance and freedom from any kind of prison—no matter what it is!
Faith is what pleases God. Without faith it is impossible to please Him.
Hebrews 11:6:
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that
cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of
them that diligently seek him.
In Hebrews 11 we can read about countless examples of those who locked onto
the promise of God, regardless of the senses indicators, and stayed faithful
until that promise was fulfilled.
Can we make a choice to walk by faith, not choosing to consider the senses
evidence? Do you and I have the “holy boldness” to claim what is legally
and rightfully ours? Can we have the confident expectation that His Word will
work and, as Jesus Christ declared, as a believer can we have “whatsoever he
saith?”
Mark 11:22 and 23:
And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be
thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his
heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to
pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
I trust we say “Yes!” to these questions, and that we are challenged to
rise up and be more confident in our expectation. We don’t just HOPE that
good things will happen or say, “Boy, I sure wish that would happen for me.”
When that is in our minds and we speak doubtful words, then we consider that
there is a chance they won’t happen. We must be so fully persuaded that
there is no question, no doubt and no wavering!
James 1:5 and 6:
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men
liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in
faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea
driven with the wind and tossed.
Do we expect good things to happen? Are we looking forward to the answer,
no matter how long it takes? Can we take God at His Word?
I John 5:14:
And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything
according to His will, He heareth us:
Faith is not about having all of your ducks in a row. God doesn’t ask us
to be perfect first, and then we can see results. He doesn’t ask us to get
ourselves all worthy enough somehow and to then seek the blessing. He doesn’t
even ask us anywhere in the Bible to try. He asks only one thing…BELIEVE…
and that we have positive expectation of the impossible to occur. We can do
this! We can call those things that are not as though they are!! We can
believe to see the miraculous occur!! We can say what the promise of the Word
says no matter what anyone else may say or think! Our ability to claim, expect
and see the promises of His Word evidenced is not based on senses information.
It is based on what God has revealed to us in His Word and what He has
revealed to us personally. What a new level of dynamic living we can aspire
to! What a message of deliverance we have!
Walking with God, believing and seeing His goodness day by day and having
the expectation to see our lives transformed, gives us the ultimate freedom.
It is this kind of freedom that liberates us from any disease, any financial
hardship, any mental torture or any situation that seems impossible to
overcome. God specializes in the impossible, whether we think there is an
answer or not AND He can do beyond even what we ask or think.
Ephesians 3:20:
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask
or think, according to the power that worketh in us.
- Barney Barnhart
