Enduring Faith

Enduring Faith

...but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. - Heb 6:12

Grace is... ---- "For all the promises of God in Him are Yes..." - 2 Cor 1:20a 

Grace has freely given ALL things. Christ paid for them. You cannot earn them. You can only receive them.

Faith is... ---- "...and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us." - 2 Cor 1:20b

Faith takes what Grace has already provided. The word 'Amen' means 'so let it be'.

Mary said in Luke 1:38, "Let it be done according to Your Word." She understood Grace. So she responded in faith.

Jesus said in Mark 9:29, "Let it be done according to your faith." Jesus is the Grace of God manifested. He taught how the grace (promises of God) can be manifested ------ by faith.

When we say, "Let it be done according to Your Word", God says, "Let it be done according to Your faith." 

Faith is simply believing that Grace has been released; it is true and it is done. It is about believing NOW that you have received it (Mk 11:24).

However, it is not enough to have faith. Patience/endurance is sometimes needed. Biblical patience is not thinking, "It's not yet here. I just need to wait patiently for it." If we think that way, we have just canceled faith.

Biblical patience for inheriting the promises of God is to CONTINUE to believe NOW that you have received it. Because the moment when you think that you have NOT received it, you destroy faith and move back into hope.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. - Prov 13:12

The desire fulfilled is the tree of life. Since the tree of life is Christ, your desire is fulfilled (Haggai 2:7) when Christ is in you. You can no longer have hope deferred because all of the promises of God are within you. Biblical hope is already within us.

Therefore, all we need to live victoriously on earth is faith AND patience/endurance to inherit His promises (both for now and future).

P.S: Knowing this will transform your prayer life and your prayer can never be the same again.