But, as the past few weeks have gone on, I've found myself asking the same question many of us are probably asking, or at least have asked at some point in the past. Why, if we have the Holy Spirit, don't we see the miracles that we should be seeing?
Yeshua's own words tell us that we will do greater works that He did, so why aren't we doing them? Why aren't we healing at a word? Why aren't we casting out demons? Why aren't we causing the lame to walk and the blind to see??? Where is our power?
Moreover, why are we sick? Why are so many of us (believers) depressed or oppressed? Where is our freedom and deliverance?The answers I have found in seeking out the Word of God in these matters have led me to an astoundingly simple and straight-forward understanding of the problem. Join me in a quick study....
We understand that when Yeshua died, He reconciled us to the Father and brought us back into covenant with Him. We also understand that this makes us citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven!
"For all the promises of God in Him (Yeshua) are yea, and in Him Amen, unto the glory of God in us."
-2nd Corinthians 1:20
This verse tells us that if we are in Christ/Messiah, all the promises of God are ours! ALL OF THEM! That's a lot of promises. Many of us have read books dedicated to listing those for us, and it would do us good to search the scriptures for them ourselves, so I won't try to list them here. But stop a moment and consider what comes to mind easily.... blessed in the city, country, going out, coming in, storehouses, etc. from Deuteronomy 28, or maybe being the head and not the tail or heaven's windows being opened to us....
These are all YES and AMEN (which means "so be it") in Messiah! They are already fulfilled in Him and rightfully ours - now, today. But we aren't walking in them.... How do we get there?
Herein is our struggle...
We were born in this world's kingdom, the Kingdom of Darkness. We have lived in it, learned its "truths", grown accustomed to its ways, and learned to conduct our lives in its ways/laws, etc. It has become part of who we are. It is in us! In many areas, it's all we know!
So, we have entered into God's Kingdom, but we continue in many ways to live in darkness, in what we know well and are accustomed to. But God's Kingdom is light! It is the exact opposite of darkness! With a new Kingdom comes a new economy and a new way of life! Instead of sickness, we have divine health! Instead of poverty, plenty!
BUT MANY OF US DON'T!!!!
"Know ye not, that whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?"
Romans 6:16
The Kingdom of Heaven is welcoming us in, but the kingdom of darkness in trying to hang on! Two kings, each one staking their claim! WHOM WE OBEY, IS OUR KING! If we obey darkness (sin), we choose that kingdom over God's. If we choose that kingdom, we choose all that comes with it - sickness, etc.
But if we choose to obey God, we choose His Kingdom and His ways/promises!
Every day, through our words and actions, we choose! Many of us live one foot in and one foot out, and therefore, we don't experience the full benefits of heaven - we miss out on the promises that are ALREADY ours. They are waiting for us in God's Kingdom!
In order to walk more fully in His Kingdom, we must purge out the darkness that is in us and choose every day to walk in light. That light will cleanse us and fill the places that were previously dark. The more that happens, the more we experience our promises. It happens by the grace and power of YHWH, but we must choose. He never forces us or restricts our free will.
I'm going to leave it at that for now.... I am excited to share much more of what I am learning with you, but I think one step at a time is best for both of us! Allow this truth to bless you as it did me, and I will write more soon!
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