Underselling God

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me.

In the grand query of things ... land of the ever running poll place that gallups daily through questions we didn't even know needed to be asked ... by a vast percentage, the majority of Americans believe in God in some form or fashion. I, personally, don't know any other way to explain the majesty and miraculous way in which the universe exists, apart from God, and it is my uneducated opinion that belief in God is the wrong question to ask. I believe in order to gain a more accurate understanding of what the answer about believing in God is trying to get to, the question should more appropriately be worded .... Do you believe God?

Which begs to question .... which God, right? There are soooooo many! How are we ever to know which God is THE God? Well, I, personally, believe in the God of the Bible, and I believe He is the One True God, and there is no other besides Him. Here's why:

                    Christianity of ALL the religions of the world is the ONLY one based on a
                    personal relationship with her God. Christianity of ALL the religions of the
                    world is the ONLY one who worships a resurrected, living Savior and Lord.

The God of the Bible, the God of Creation, when He saw that His people had been led astray, unto death knew we could never save ourselves from the eternal punishment out of Hid Presence, so, in His infinite wisdom and glory, knowing ONLY HE could save us .... did just that. In the man, Jesus Christ, came down to this earth and died in our place to reconcile us unto Himself. Sin separated us from Him, and the penalty for that is death. By definition, a Savior is one who saves. By definition, a martyr is one who dies for his belief. Christ died in His belief that we were worth saving. The thing that makes Him so beautiful is not the shame and ugliness of the cross on which He died, it is the glory and power in His resurrection that assures us that He is Messiah, the Lord of Lords and Kings of Kings. All religions have a martyr, only Christendom has a resurrected Lord of Hosts! That is why I believe IN the God of the Bible, and no other!

It is also why I believe Him. Though written by men, I believe that the Holy Bible is the Word of God, breathed by the power of the Holy Ghost into the minds of men, as a written testament for those of us who would come after to know Him and learn from Him. I believe every Word He spoke. I believe every Word that is written. I believe the glossary and concordance! I believe that there is not an issue or circumstance that we face these millenia later that has an answer not found in the Bible. I believe every answer to every question is found within the pages of the Bible. Somewhere between Genesis and Revelation, God has already provided the answer for us, and, for His fore thought and wisdom, I believe we undersell Him at every turn.

Here's what I mean:

Those of us who have received the gift of salvation that Christ provided 2000 years ago, erroneously blame God for everything that ever happens in our lives. Although I could write an entirely separate dissertation on that statement, I'm gonna keep it down to one simple thought. Christians have an ungodly habit of giving God credit when we get sick. We say things like, God made me sick to slow me down or because he knew it was the only way I would rest! We are insane! 1000 years BEFORE Jesus hung on that cross, Isaiah prophesied (Chapter 53) that "by His stripes we are healed".... are healed is in the past perfect tense meaning it was finished BEFORE it happened. The Apostle Peter reaffirmed this in the New Testament by saying "by His stripes we have been healed". Again, it is finished. So, it has to make me wonder why for the sake of ALL that is Holy we would ever think God gave us a sickness or disease when Christ died for us to live in divine health. He bore our sicknesses and infirmities .... ALL OF THEM ..... so we wouldn't have to!!!!! Divine health???? Oh Absolutely!!! In this year of Confessing Dangerously ..... I, as a Child of God, can claim that I will never be sick again! EVER! And .... expect that I will never be sick again! Any sickness or disease that tries to attack me come out of hell, and NOT down from the Father of Lights!!!! Now, you can believe this or not, but we all need to understand that anything evil, hurtful or harmful that tries to attack us does NOT come from God.

In John 10:10, one of my cornerstone verses, Jesus said ..... I am come that they may have life and have it more abundantly. There is no sickness in that. There is no disease in that. There is no infirmity in that. Jesus did NOT die on that cross to leave us struggling with death, disease, lack or any of thing that prohibits us from an abundant life. God does NOT need to make us sick to get our attention. God is love. God is light. God is our Father. God is our Everything, and we have the right to say that and stand on His Word with earnest expectation, because Jesus died to give us that right.

Settle this in your own hearts, and live in Him exceedingly and abundantly ABOVE the world and all that you can imagine: God is God, and exactly who the Bible says He is. Jesus is Lord, and is exactly who the Bible says He is. God cannot lie. God will not deny Himself. All of the promises in the Bible to Him (Christ in you) is yes and amen. You are, right NOW, the Righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. God sees you as perfect, right NOW, because He sees you as His child through the perfect work of Christ on Calvary. Live your life in favor, grace, mercy and love .... NOW! There is NOTHING anywhere in the Bible that says you have to wait until you get to heaven to reap the harvest of being a child of God. Actually, it says the opposite!

The manifest presence of the Glory of God! We need nothing more. Lord, let us accept nothing less!

In Jesus Name, For Jesus Fame!

Kalena