I’ve had similar conversations several times recently, so I really believe I should share this. The Bible says that we now “only see in part”…so the things of God are certainly beyond what we can currently begin to comprehend. Yet, we can claim the TRUTH that is found in God’s Word.

The reason I say that is because, often, we find it hard to “Believe” WHO we TRUE-ly ARE IN Christ. Pain from past situations can alter how we feel about ourselves and what we think we “deserve”. BUT…that is feeling. FAITH is NOT a feeling. It’s a DECISION.

So how do we “decide” to “believe” what God says when we don’t “feel” it?

We simply RECEIVE it because God doesn’t lie, so His Word is TRUTH. And receiving it by Faith allows God to begin to work it through in our life…as with little baby steps, we learn to Trust more and more until we can finally TRUST it and BELIEVE.

God’s Word says that the enemy has no power over us. God’s Word says we not only become “new creatures in Christ and the old is no more”; but that we are the RIGHTEOUSNESS of Christ. Christ became our High Priest and He sits at the right hand of the Father. And we have all the promises of God’s Word through the work done on the cross. Christ is our HOPE for “winning the race” in this life, and for entering Glory in the next. And when God sees us, He sees the work that was “finished” on the cross and calls us “Righteous”.

As Christians, that’s who we ARE. That is TRUTH. The question is, will we receive the benefits on this side of Glory? The best example I can give is if someone owns a two-story home, but never went upstairs. I, for one, want to play upstairs…the view is amazing. 🙂

“For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.” And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath, that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us. This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil, where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.” (Hebrews 6:13-15, 17-20 NKJV)