Believing God

Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe HE IS, and He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. (Hebrews 11:6)

I love this verse. I love it because it is an entry verse to what Children of God consider to be the "Hall of Faith" chapter in the Bible. I love it, because it everyone mentioned in this chapter lived abundantly colorful lives, yet .... it is their faith in God that remained and is high-lighted for us to take note of, not their short comings and failures before God.

Settled on God is God. Jesus is Lord, and the Bible is Holy Spirit Truth .... I ask you:

Do you believe God?

When God says, "you are forgiven". Do you believe Him?

When God says, "you are my beloved". Do you believe Him?

When God says, "you are healed". Do you believe Him?

When God says, "you are prosperous". Do you believe Him?

When God says, "I will manifest a literal, physical 3John2, Psalm 103:5 in your life". Do you believe Him?

When God says, "I will open the windows of heaven over your house and pour you out a blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it". Do you look up, or do you duck?

Me? I say "be it unto me!" and start planning to receive it. The Bible says, the blessing of the Lord makes rich, and He adds NO SORROW with it! Oh .... be it unto me! If I believe Him, and I trust Him in what He says .... be it unto me!

*Confessing Dangerously ..... In my meditation and prayer time with God over the past week, I have drawn some deep, deep water out of a dry well. October 2000, my husband and I were in financial distress with creditors calling constantly, shuffling payments and taking loans to pay loans ..... it was awful and ungodly. I prayed to the Lord about it, and asked Him for the exact amount we needed to get out from under the debt. To which, He answered that I had just prayed the most selfish prayer I had ever prayed. Why? Because I was only looking to my own needs. Then .... He promised me a billion dollars. A promise on which I still stand until it manifests. February 13, 2013, the Lord promised me a literal, physical, restoration. 3 John 2 ..... literally, nothing Spiritual about it. As He is, so am I in this earth .... Right NOW! Then, three weeks ago, He showed me 2 Corinthians 6:2 .... Behold NOW! So, with every NOW moment that passes, my expectation grows! I don't know how He's going to do it, don't know which NOW moment ..... but He IS! I am standing on it, and I am holding Him accountable to it. Like I said, Jesus paid it all. Jesus paid for me to inherit every promise God ever spoke. I did nothing. I can do nothing. Yet, by faith ..... I believe.

Understanding, how boldly I go before the throne of grace and how deeply I question EVERYTHING, you will understand this moment in time for me with Him. I only got as bold as I am AFTER God showed me a little known story about His relationship with Moses .... Moses being His servant, me being His daughter. In Exodus 4:10, Moses is explaining to God he can't speak for Him, because he is slow of speech. In Exodus 32:13-15, Moses spoke to God in such a manner that He repented, not Moses, GOD REPENTED!!!!! Moses reminded Him of His promise to Abraham, and God repented. Does that make Him any less God? Of course not .... all He did was change His mind. It didn't change the out come of the story. Even with David, when Samuel told him his son with Bathsheba was going to die at the Word of God, David fasted; because, he believed God may change His mind. He didn't, but clearly David was aware of the conversation Moses had in Exodus 32. For me, it wasn't about the outcome, it was about the availability to be that bold before the Creator of the Universe ... my dad!

So, yesterday and today, I have been in constant communication with Him over what exactly NOW means to Him. I know what it means to me. It means NOW! and NOW! and NOW! And, in that, I had one of those revelatory AHA moments, where I said .... God, You have to do what You said. If there is anybody who ever existed who has to be true to Your Word ..... it's You.

Simply because He is God ..... and for no other reason ..... He has to keep His Word. He has to do what He said. It's His nature. He says it. He does it. The devil lies. Man lies. God doesn't. God can't. So .... regardless of what it looks like right now, facts change. Truth doesn't, and God is Truth. The desires of my heart were given to me by God. The vision of a new normal was given to me by God. the ability to believe the impossible and expect the supernatural were given to me by God. I did nothing to earn them. They were free, and, by faith, through His grace, they will come to pass NOW!

Dangerously Confessing,

Kalena