MY FRIENDS, HOW FAR WILL OUR FAITH GO?

Oct. 1, 2016

MY FRIENDS, HOW FAR WILL OUR FAITH GO?

“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Eph. 3:20-21 (NIV) “To him who is able to do immeasurably, [or incapable of being measured] more than all we ask or imagined or have ever “entered into the heart of man [or woman], the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.” 1 Cor. 2:9 (KJV)

2 Kings 13 (NKJV) is a narrative at the end of Elisha’s life. He had become sick with an illness by which he would die and Joash the king of Israel came down to him and wept over him and said, “oh my father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!” Josh was not a very righteous man, but by this statement he at least acknowledges that the prophet and His God meant more than all of their horses and chariots which at this point most of Israel’s weaponry had been depleted because they had turned so far from God.

But, the prophet’s desire before he died was to turn Israel and their king’s focus back to acknowledge that God was their only strength, defense, and salvation. Elisha tells the king to open the window eastward and shoot His arrow. When He does Elisha says, the arrow of the Lord’s deliverance and the arrow from the deliverance from Syria, for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.”

“Now he tells the king to Take the arrow and strike the ground.” [Which shows each of us that only in conjunction with God’s will could He or ourselves succeed against our enemies For God calls for total faith and endurance that is “always abounding in the Lord”until we have total victory against our enemy as we continue our journey to the promise land] So He struck the ground three times and stopped. Elisha was angry.

“You should have struck the ground five or six times; then you would have defeated your enemy and completely destroyed him where he would have never risen again. My friends this tells us that what God does for us is in “direct proportion” to our faith and endurance. How many times have we stop short of our blessings because of our unbelief in what God is able to do “immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, He is willing to do for His Faithful Children?

For if you are a Child of God, Faith has no barriers which tells us God has no barriers in regards to what we ask God for. “You do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.” James 4:2-3 (NKJV) Which tells us, we must seek God’s kingdom and His righteousness first; and then all [our needs] shall be added unto us.”Matt 6:33 (KJV) So our prayers must be prayers of passion, and a heartfelt belief that God will supply all of our needs.

The true concept of Faith, endurance, and the grace and mercies of God and His promises are all found in His word. “Genuine faith is a transaction by which those who receive Christ join themselves in a covenant relationship with God.” Genuine faith has is a way of life and a passion from within that tells us, by accepting the fact that the rough side of the mountain may never be conquered until Christ appears a second time, we will still never stop climbing, until Christ tells us personally “Well done, good and faithful servant!”