AWAKE, ARISE, AND TRIUMPH
Saturday – August 28, 2021, Elul 20, 5781
FROM THE PROPHETS CHAMBER – WEEK THIRTY
FAITH THE FOUNDATION OF HOPE
Greetings dear and precious saints of the only Living God and welcome back to the Prophets Chamber. Please take a moment and share this as widely as possible to bring the best news ever, that of the hope we have in the Kingdom of God, anyone has ever heard. Bible hope is not a lottery, or I hope so, it is an expected certainty! What makes our hopes a certainty? Faith!
Hebrews 11:1 (KJV)
1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
One can substitute the word ‘foundation’ or phrase ‘that upon which it is build’ in place of the word ‘substance’. Let’s get even more light as we listen to Jesus.
Mark 11:22-24 (KJV)
22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
23 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.
24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
First of all, we see that we have faith in God, this is not natural faith, but the exact same kind of faith our God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) has. Remember from Hebrews 11:6 that it is impossible to please God without faith. I think we can all agree this is fundamental and without it nothing works in the Kingdom of God. Love (agape) is the essential to the operation of faith. It is not mentioned directly in the Mark 11 passage but Galatians 5:6 tells us that faith worketh by love (agape). In the passage above we see that our saying (decreeing, declaring, not asking and begging) emanates from a talk with the Lord. This is where we found or determined the will of God, got the leadership of the Holy Spirit and spoke. In verse twenty-three we see that we are to not doubt in our heart. Our heart is our believer, the seat of our faith. This is not to say that the enemy even our remaining unrenewed flesh won’t bring doubt to us for consideration but we stand against that and do not waver but remain fully persuaded like our father Abraham. We then must believe that we receive the desired thing by faith and it will manifest in the natural. Like Abraham, like our Father God, we call things that be not (in the natural) as though they were.
Romans 4:17 (KJV)
17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
It already exists in the spirit or unseen realm and if we will not let go of our faith in our thought life, our talk, don’t develop (our choice) doubt in our heart, or take contrary actions we shall have it manifest. These things I have just shared briefly must be ever present in our knowledge. We see in Scripture that the will of God even in this fallen state is for us (yes, you and me) to make our spheres of influence like Heaven on earth, like the Garden of Eden. Does God change, does He change His will at the drop of a hat, are we, the Church operating under a lesser Covenant with less opportunity for victory over the curse?
Deuteronomy 11:21 (KJV)
21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
Matthew 6:10 (KJV)
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Are we having days of Heaven upon the earth? Is the will of God being done in the earth as it is in Heaven? The clear answer to both questions is a resounding NO! Why? Review the first three plus pages of this teaching. Who determines these things? God or His people individually and corporately? All of us have freewill, Gods idea from the beginning (Genesis 1:26). God has an overarching prophetic agenda (like the Rapture, Second Coming, and so on) which will come to pass but even that depends on at least one obedient person. We have seen horrifying events on the world scene specifically in Afghanistan and our southern border. Who allowed these expressions of incomprehensible wickedness? We have dear ones! Who are the possessors of the earth, who has dominion in the earth? We do! I will be speaking to this, once again, in coming weeks. Church we have got to get this and step to the plate!
Lord willing, I will have another fresh Word from the Throne next week.
2 Chronicles 20:20 b (KJV)
20 … Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
Until our next publication, as your Bible Teacher and a Prophetic Voice in your life I speak this blessing over each and every one of you, receive it, believe it, doubt it not, and speak over yourself and your family by faith in Jesus’ name!
Numbers 6:24-26 (AMP)
24 The Lord bless you and watch, guard, and keep you;
25 The Lord make His face to shine upon and enlighten you and be gracious (kind, merciful, and giving favor) to you;
26 The Lord lift up His [approving] countenance upon you and give you peace (tranquility of heart and life continually).
By: Dr. David Wood, Author, Bible Teacher, and Prophetic Voice
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