Daily life with Jesus by Grahame Howard: Steps of faith

"Because he was fully convinced that what God had promised, He was also able to do."

Romans 4:21 CSB

When God spoke to Abraham, Abraham believed. If God made a promise then that promise would be fulfilled. This is the way Abraham lived. It seemed ridiculous to the other people that at 100 years old, he could father a child. But Abraham believed this and that's what happened.

You see, Abraham knew that He served a God who could do the impossible. He knew that God could call things into existence that did not exist v17. This is what Paul was saying in 2 Cor 4:18 'So we do not focus on what is seen, but what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary but what is unseen is eternal'. Then we have 'For we walk by faith, not by sight' 2 Cor 5:7). If God said it, Abraham believed it. So therefore he concentrated on the unseen.

His faith didn't weaken and He never wavered for a moment. If he had have done, he would have missed out on what God had promised. In fact, has he stood on his faith, he was strengthened in this area. And he was fully convinced that what God had promised, He was able to do. Now, let's just stop there for a moment. Abraham was convinced. What was he convinced about? He was convinced that God had made him a promise and, he knew God never broke His promises. This is why Abraham was fully convinced.

Now let's look at your own walk with Jesus. Has Jesus made you a promise? If He has, you can be sure that He intends to fulfil this. But you must act like Abraham did: Look at the unseen visualising it; your faith should never weaken and you should never waver in your faith (One minute you believe, the next doubt kicks in and you accept it. If you act like this, you will never receive the promise). You must also be fully convinced or persuaded that God will do this. If you fulfil these, you will receive.

But if God has not promised you a certain thing, no matter how much your pray these scriptures, they will be futile. Jesus fulfils promises not wishes. This of course is two-fold, because if you haven't received a promise for a certain thing, you still need to be fully convinced that Jesus is Lord and He does what He says He will do in His Word. We are to pray and believe for healing because, it is ours already (1 Peter 2:28). But let us remember that this is not only for physical healing but, for emotional, spiritual and relationship healing. Yes, He does heal physically but not always, the way we would like. At times, people live through the sickness; they're healed emotionally but not physically.

We should never give up on the things of God. He is faithful and true and this is something that we should always be convinced about. We serve Jesus who is, always there for us and the same should be said about us.

If you don't know Jesus or, have fallen away, why not say this prayer right now:

'Lord Jesus, I have sinned and I ask you to forgive me and be my Lord and Saviour. Please come into my heart, fill me with Your Spirit and give me a brand new start today.

In Jesus' Name. Amen'

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