Welcome to another new day where anything is possible for those who believe.
Hebrews 11: 1 – 3 (The Message Translation)
The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It's our handle on what we can't see. The act of faith is what distinguished our ancestors, set them above the crowd. 3 By faith, we see the world called into existence by God's word, what we see created by what we don't see.
· I love this translation because this trust we have in God is the firm foundation that we build our lives upon and what makes life worth living. Why? Because faith turns a boring normal life that is limited by worldly restraints into an eternal adventure that is freed from the limitations of that which is possible to the five senses. Faith is that sixth sense that causes you to live in an unlimited dimension of experience.
· Today you are living out your story of faith. It is a story that has a beginning and an end but also a middle bit and the middle bit is still being written.
· Remember your journey with God started by faith.
Galatians 2:16 (NKJV)
knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.
· It ends in faith. No one has seen Heaven yet we know in our hearts by revelation that when we die we go to be with Him. Why? Because He promised we would and we believed (released our faith).
John 14: 1 – 3 (NIV)
Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. 2In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
· So we start by faith and we end in faith but what about the middle bit, the bit we are now in? That’s the fun bit because it is real time, the answer is of course, “we walk by faith”
2 Corinthians 5:7 (NKJV)
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
You did not see Jesus die when you first believed Him to save you. You have not seen heaven (most of us anyway) yet you know it is there because you believe the promises of God about the start and the finish of your journey. In the same way, start to live the bit in the middle trusting His promises about your situations. His promises are true about your day to day life also.
Andy
A devotional by Pastor Andy Elmes to inspire you with a godly thought to start your day well. God’s word is indeed the breakfast of champions.
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Andy Elmes
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