A New Level Of Boldness Part 2

Proverbs 28:1 says, "The righteous are as bold as a lion."

Since Christ is the Lion of Judah and He is the Righteousness of God, we too, can have the SAME BOLDNESS as He had on earth.

1) We are now the righteousness of God

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might BECOME the righteousness of God in Him. - 2 Cor 5:21 (emphasis added)

2) As Christ is, so are we

Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD.  - 1 John 4:17 (emphasis added)

Love has been perfected by the Cross. But to the degree we have the revelation of that Love, to that degree we can walk in boldness. (As mentioned in Part 1)

The righteous are as bold as a lion, because we always have right standing before the Father, regardless of what we do. When we realise that we have unconditional and free access to the throne (because of the blood of Christ), boldness will ARISE because there is nothing we can do to shut heaven's door. Consequence doesn't stop God from loving us. Consequence doesn't remove us from the right standing. Consequence merely stops us from trying to walk on water again. But if we understand that righteousness and love DO NOT change, our response won't change.

My son knows full well that my wife and I love him, because we always re-iterate that we love him despite of his behaviours. After every discipline, I ensure that we hug each other --- in this way, he grows in realisation that he has access to me anytime, regardless of his actions and behaviours. He is not afraid of making mistakes over and over again (this will be left to another post).

With Right Standing & Unconditional Love, we can be as BOLD as the Lion of Judah.

Jesus lived His life boldly without fear. As a child, He needed to learn what we are still learning. Every journey He took required Him to walk on water. When He turned water into wine, it was His first time. When He walked on water, it was probably His first time. When He went to the Cross, it was His first time and He had to believe that the Father would raise Him up.

Jesus didn't live by seasons. He lived by reason. Love was His only reason and motivation to walk through all human seasons on earth. Because His eyes were set on the Father's Love, He walked in complete boldness.

People who stay in the boat (comfort zone) usually love to talk about seasons. I have spoken to some who always said that their season in ministry or work is not up yet. But when I probed deeper, there is often a deeper issue: Fear of the unknown; fear of losing stable income; fear of not being ready to do something that is different, etc. So they come up with reasons to stay in that season, by simply saying the season is not up.

Jesus is not the reason for this season. He is the only Reason for every season. If we live our lives by seasons, we will always ride the roller coaster.

But if we live our lives regardless of seasons, we will experience the Constant Reason - He is the SAME yesterday, today and forever. And since He is always the SAME, we can have boldness to walk on water regardless of seasons.

We can be as bold as a lion because Christ within us is greater than the world without. I believe a new level of boldness is arising.