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Are you stressed out? Are you anxious and fearful? Do you want to be at peace? Do you realize that your finding peace has everything to do with faith? Without faith you will not become free from anxiety. I can say that with certainty.
God has given us many promises in the Bible and we need them to live the type of victorious Christian life He wants for us. But, in order to make those promises active in our own lives we must have faith. It must be the right kind of faith.
First we need to believe in God. Second believe in the finished work of Jesus Christ, His son, and third believe that the Word of God is true. Then, we must take God at His Word. When He says something, believe it, stand on it, and know that God will not let you down.
We need to apply our faith (in Christ) to the problem of fear and anxiety. We can do this.
We can see God’s handiwork in creation all around us. That is a good example of something that can help us. When we get those thoughts of fear and anxiety, we can refocus our minds by taking a good look around us. We can see God’s handiwork and give thanks and praise to God for his creation, and in doing that we can turn off our stressful thoughts and replace them with God honoring ones. Do you see how this can help you?
I’m not just coming up with some theory, but I’ve actually done this in my own life so I know.
Also, faith in and of itself has no value. There has to be an object to your faith. And, that is Jesus. It is because of Him that we can have faith. Faith is a gift of God given to us to enable us to know Him and live our Christian lives.
Colossians 1:4 “For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus (the leaning of our entire human personality on Him in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom and goodness) … Amplified Bible.
I love this Amplified version of the Bible as it brings out what is clearly said in the scripture.
I want to challenge you today. Do you have that kind of faith? Is it in Christ Jesus only? Do you have absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom and goodness?
I also want to warn you that there are a lot of teachings out there today that are not truly Biblical. One such false teaching is the prosperity gospel. They declare that if you have enough faith you can be rich, and healthy, and have whatever you want. Do you want a new car? They say “just believe for it.” This is a “faith in faith,” kind of thing. It is almost like having faith in yourself, that you have enough faith to make things happen, or enough faith to make God do something. That is not scriptural. We cannot make God do anything, and we shouldn’t try.
So, let’s be sure that we truly understand what God is talking about when he tells us to have faith, live by faith, and walk by faith.
For more study on faith read Hebrews Chapter 11.
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