Faith is the Solution: Example

The Word of God puts so much focus on the subject of faith that we need to realize "faith" is the solution to overcoming sin, Satan, the carnal world system and the sin nature that haunts all of us.

Faith is the "victory" that overcomes the world. Without faith it is impossible to please God.
So what is the bottom line? How do I exercise this faith?

Faith is a choice. We need to choose to mix faith with the Word of God. When we discover a wonderful promise in God's word we need to mix faith with that word so that we can experience the "essense or reality" of that word.

Here is a great example. One night I was lying in bed and the Word of the Lord came into my heart and mind. "You are in Christ. Christ is in you." When this Word entered my heart and mind the "reality" of its truth hit me. I really am in Christ. He really is in me. The power and presence of the Lord came upon me in such a way that it saturated the whole of my being in the Glory of God.

Now, the Holy Spirit is teaching me that "exercising faith" in the Word of God is the only way in which I will be able to maintain constant spiritual victory in Christ.

As we exercise faith in the Truth of God's Words we enter into the "reality" of His words. I am telling you this is the solution to overcoming our own carnal nature. Enter into God's Righteousness by faith. Enter into God Realm by faith. Be filled with the Holy Spirit by faith. Then, the faith of God will begin to fill your heart and you will begin in earnest the transformation process. God will do the work. He will fill you with the Mind of Christ. He will fill you with His Holy Spirit.

Now His faith will begin to operate in you and His gifts will begin to flow through you.

Faith is the Solution

Yesterday I was journaling as I often do and I sensed the Holy Spirit speaking to my heart about faith being the solution to living in the Victory of Christ continually. We often get distressed as we wrestle with our persistent sin-nature. It is so easy to fall back into old habits of neglecting prayer and vegging out in front of the television because we are too exhausted to pray or read the Word. Once the process starts it can be a rapid downhill slide. All the good intentions are gone and we find ourselves ensnared by that old sin-nature of ours once again.

We all have the same struggle, but God, the Father has a solution that cannot fail. I felt the Holy Spirit telling me that I should recognize that the "real" sin is "unbelief". We sense the carnal nature pulling us down into sin's power and feel at times so helpless to resist. We find ourselves vulnerable to temptations because we are not "living in the Spirit".

So what is this solution? If the "real" sin is unbelief then the "real" solution to overcome sin is "faith". This is why we are told that "faith is the victory that overcomes the world".

The Holy Spirit opened my eyes to see this truth so clearly. Without faith it is impossible to please God. When we place our faith in the "reality" of Christ's redemptive work, we immediately experience a glorious spiritual transformation. There is no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. As soon as we place our faith in Him and His Spirit begins to fill us we are translated from the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of God's Light. When you "really" believe you enter in to God's Realm.

Those who trust in Christ have eternal life. They have this eternal life now. They entered the Kingdom of God through faith in Jesus Christ. It is this simple.

We have forgiveness of sins through faith in Christ's redemptive work. We are then made ready to receive the very Spirit of Christ into our hearts. We are born again and can now enter the Kingdom of God and see the Kingdom of God.

This is how it works for me. I see by faith that I really am in Jesus Christ and Jesus Christ really is in me. It is on my lips and in my heart. "I am in Christ and He is in me!" This reality brings God's joy, peace and presence into my conscious realm. His Joy is my Strength. His peace releases all the stresses of life and the guilt of sin and shame. His presence fills my heart and His thoughts, desires and emotions begin to fill both my heart and mind. I am free in Christ.

Christ is the answer and "faith" is the solution. Faith is the "only solution". Unbelief is the greatest sin of all. We need to mix faith with the Word of God all day long. Then, we will cease from our failures and experience continual victory in the spiritual realm.