Faith - A Positive Response

And because of His glory and excellence, He has given us exceeding great and precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share His divine nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires. - 2 Peter 1:4

God has given us exceeding great and precious promises, that in Jesus Christ are Yes and Amen! (2 Cor. 1:20) Notice that God is not making promises, as in suggesting that He is going to do something some day; but, He has given promises and they are already done in and through Jesus Christ. In other words, you already have it. In human terms, when someone makes a promise, it is understood that someone is making a pledge towards something that they are going to do some day. When they finally come through on their word, then we say that they have fulfilled their promise to us. This is not necessarily the same thought process we can use with God. He made the promises at one time, but has since fulfilled every promise in and through Jesus Christ and they are given to us through Him! They are provided through grace by faith. Our faith is a positive response to what God has already done and provided through Jesus Christ. If you've struggled through life and have lived one day to the next only by what you feel or see, just following the human desire to call it like you see it; make the choice to determine to live by faith instead. How do you do that? By making the choice to live each moment as a positive response to what God has already done and provided you through Jesus Christ. Instead of saying something like "I'm so broke I can't even pay attention", choose instead to say "God has already provided for all my needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus, and I am abundantly supplied!" Instead of thinking and saying "That's just the way my luck runs - nothing good ever happens to me", begin to say and believe "I am blessed with every spiritual blessing through Jesus Christ; He surrounds me with His favor and He always causes me to triumph!" God has already done His part. It is up to you to do your part by releasing your faith as a positive response to what God has already done for you.

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