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Thursday, December 23, 2010

This is faith.

Faith will bring you to a place, where there is peace and rest for your soul and no more concerns for your welfare. That is the salvation of the Spirit. That is when a relationship with God has been established. Through faith the ‘I’ disappears and God is the sole occupant of all that I am.

A Nursing baby will, without realizing it, be totally dependant on the mother, the baby trusts the mother completely for and in everything, without thinking about the trust. The baby just trusts.

In and through the mother the child possesses everything – the child has no need to worry about anything for himself.

Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28) Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28)

How many of us have found that trust and that peace, where our conscience fully rests in Him?

Maybe some of us do not even understand the concept of `faith` correctly and as a result we are still plagued and worried by concerns and anxieties. Even though we claim to be people of `faith`.

There is such a tangible connection between faith and rest. The minute one comes into possession of true faith, all the problems and burdens that so easily wears us down, comes to an end.

Our spirit finds perfect rest in the presence of our Lord.

“A person who has faith in the Lord abides in Him, enjoying as his very own everything that is in the Lord. In the Lord everything that appertains to the individual, that is to say, sin, death, and everything else, all comes to an end.”

Yet, why is it that many people who say that they believe carry a greater burden of anxiety in their hearts and live a more tiresome life than they did before "believing"?

Possibly because `believing` has become a process and a `work`, rather than just a `handing over` and believing God in their hearts. To believe has become an effort instead of a `state of being`.

Perhaps our faith is driven by fear. “How long do I still need to do this before my breakthrough comes? If I stop `believing` I`ll go to hell” “Maybe I would just be better off if I stop this faith thing? “Why is it so much effort to believe?”

Rom 1:17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith, as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."

Rom 3:19 But we know that whatever things the Law says, it says to those who are under the Law; so that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may be under judgment before God, 20 because by the works of the Law none of all flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law is the knowledge of sin. 21 But now a righteousness of God has been revealed apart from Law, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets;

“... they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God (Romans 10:2-3).

While we still try to work out our own righteousness, we will remain condemned and under the burden of the law. Anxieties and concerns will remain part of our daily efforts.”

Rom 3:24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;

Justification and Godly righteousness has been given to us, freely, though Christ. We just need to accept it.

In two days, we will celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, our saviour.

Through Him and the acceptance of Him as Saviour, we are truly made righteous and we are set free. Free from the burdens of sin, the cares of this world and the temptation that this world brings.

Today, while today is still today, wont you let go of all the cares and the burdens and accept Him truly as Lord and Saviour and allow Him to truly set you free?

“Father, today I truly let go of all the works and the efforts that so easily wear me down. I thank you for my justification through Jesus Christ my Saviour. I trust You with my life and I thank you that in and through Christ all my needs are met”

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