Our Faith Or Unbelief Is Determined By Our Understanding

                                                When The Door Slams

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. (Hebrew 4:14-16 NIV)      

            Our faith or unbelief is determined by what we understand. Few of us realize the effect of our spoken word on our own hearts or on our adversary. The adversary hears us when we profess failure, sickness, and the lack of finances, apparently he doesn't forget; and we unconsciously go down to the level of our own understanding. No one ever rises above it. If you confess sickness, it develops sickness in your system. If you confess doubt, the doubts become stronger. If you confess the lack of finances, it stops the money from coming in. You say, "I can't understand this." No. Because most of us live in a paradox realm and spiritual things are very indistinct.

            Hebrews 4:14 must become a constant reality: "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 "(NKJV). Our confession is that the Word cannot be broken, that what the Father says is true. When we doubt the Father, we are doubting His Word. When we doubt His Word, it is because we believe something else that is contrary to that Word. Our confidence may be in the arm of the flesh; it may be in medicine; it may be in institutions; but whatever our confidence is in, if it contradicts the Word, it destroys our faith life. It destroys our prayers. It brings us again into bondage.

            Think about this: Every person who walks by faith will have testing's. They do not come from the Father; they come from the Adversary. He is refusing to allow you to escape him. You become dangerous to the Adversary when you become strong enough to resist him--when you have learned to trust in the ability of the Father to meet your every need. When that becomes a reality in your consciousness, the Adversary is defeated. 

            But as long as he can confuse the issue and keep you in a state of flux, you are at a disadvantage. May your confidence in the Word be strengthened to give you wisdom to know that no Word from God is void of power or can go by default. There is no power in all the universe to void one statement of fact in His Word. Your confidence is in the unbroken, living Word, and as you hold fast to your faith in the face of every assault of the enemy.

            Affirmation: The LORD said to me, "You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled." The word of the LORD came to me again: "What do you see?" (Jeremiah 1:12-13 NIV)            

 Ask the Holy Spirit to search your heart and reveal any areas of unconfessed sin. Acknowledge these to the LORD and thank Him for His forgiveness.

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