To walk by faith necessitates that we overcome and resist the following:
d. Discouragements
One
who walks by faith should not be discouraged because God is overall, and should
remember the words Moses spoke to Joshua saying, “Be strong and of good
courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the
One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you… “And the LORD, He
is the One who goes before you. He will be with you: He will not leave you nor
forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed" (Deuteronomy
31: 6, 8).
And according to the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel it
is ' Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' Says the LORD of hosts” (Zechariah 1:6).
e. Doubts
To doubt is to be void of faith, and the word says quite
clearly, “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all
liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in
faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and
tossed by the wind. For let not that man supposed that he will receive anything
from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways” (James 1:5-8).
Since God according to His abundant mercy has begotten
us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the
dead, those who have obtained like precious faith with the apostles by the righteousness
of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the
knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all
things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who
called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great
and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine
nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust” (2 Peter 1: 1-4).
f. Fear
To
the children of Israel Moses said; “Be strong and of good courage, do not fear
nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you.
He will not leave you nor forsake you."
Then Moses called Joshua and said to him in the sight of
all Israel, "Be strong and of good courage, for you must go with this
people to the land which the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them and
you shall cause them to inherit it. And the Lord, He is the One who goes before
you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear
nor be dismayed" (Deuteronomy 31:6-8).
It is stated that, “There is no fear in love; but
perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears
has not been made perfect in love. We love Him because He first loved us (1John 4: 18-19).
It
is further stated in scripture that; “No temptation has overtaken you except
such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be
tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the
way of escape, that you may be able to bear it” (1Corinthians
10:13).
In
conclusion, to walk by faith is simple believing that, it is God who works in
us both to will and to do for His good pleasure, and that the substance of
things hoped for, is Jesus Christ whom we must believe is able to do
exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power
that works in us. And the evidence of things not seen is as Jesus said to
doubting Thomas; “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have
believed" (John 20:29).
The
challenge is to avoid the negatives, and accentuate the positives by doing what
the Lord asked us to do, because faith by itself, if it does not have works, is
dead. For someone will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show
me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe
that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe --- and tremble! But do you
want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?” (James 2:17-20)
Faith
therefore is being perfected by works as clearly stated by Jesus Christ who
said “for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you
will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and
nothing will be impossible for you” (Matthew 17:20).
Nevertheless,
one’s faith should be between him/herself and God, for we have been duly
instructed saying “Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is
he who does not condemn himself in what he approves” (Romans 14:22).
It is therefore imperative for us as believers to learn to have faith in God and know for a fact that He is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen
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With brotherly love
Lucius Joseph
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