Author: Charlie Brignac

Why can’t we believe God’s simple promises to meet our every need and to work out all things for our eternal good?  Why is that we do not have enough faith to believe in all the promises that God has given us?  There is certainly an overwhelming amount of evidence to prove that God has power and authority over all things.

The strength of our faith is directly related to our relationship with Our Savior, Jesus Christ.  When we surrender our lives to Jesus, we become one with Him.  When we become one with Him, we become one with the Father.  When we become one with the Father, we will have sufficient faith to believe in all of His promises.  

Some speak of the power of the Holy Spirit in an individual’s life as the second grace.  Those who hold this position believe salvation to be the first grace with some gap between our salvation and our ability to access the power of the Holy Spirit.

While this may just be a matter of semantics, this position does not represent a true description of the manifestation of Christ in our lives.  When we receive our salvation by accepting Jesus as our Savior, we simultaneously receive the full power and presence of the Holy Spirit.  It may take us a while to recognize and understand the full power and presence of the Holy Spirit, but the power is always there available for us to access.

As long as we are seeking the kingdom of God first, there is not a single desire of our hearts that God will not grant us.  If we are in proper relationship with God,  He will grant our desires in accordance with His perfect timing for our lives and the perfect needs of His kingdom.

We may not recognize much of God’s provision for us because much of it comes in the form of preparing us for what we are going to receive.  While we have been asking for His “good” favor, He prepares us to receive “the best” of all of His riches and favor before He provides it.

When the Spirit of Jesus Christ dwells within us, we no longer have to decide anything for ourselves.  All we have to do is put our faith in Our Savior.  He will always lead us to a better place than the one that we would have found on our own.

What a wonderful life it is when we can live without stress.  This is the exact result of putting all decisions in the hands of Jesus – no stress, no pressure, no mistakes.  All we have to do is call on Him.

Once we have established a relationship with Our Heavenly Father through His Son, we have no reason to fear anything.  Why would we?

If we have a relationship with the God who created the universe and still controls every precise detail of its existence, how could we lack confidence in Him.  Surely He will overcome any person or thing in the universe that would intend to harm us.  It does not make sense to question His power, His sovereign rule or His love for us.

We trust God to be true to His promise of eternal life for those that love Him and accept His Son as their Savior.  This is a mind boggling promise that Christians accept easily.

Why is it that we do not accept all of His other promises just as easily?  Specifically, He promises that if we seek Him, He will provide for our every need here on earth.  Yet we run ahead of His plans for our lives trying to amass wealth and accomplishments that we deem will secure our future.  In the meanwhile, Our great God of practicality is just waiting for us to put Him first so that He can give us the desires of our hearts. 

Jesus Christ is in perfect oneness with the Father.  He is now and He was when He lived as a man on this earth.

Once Jesus dwells in us, we, too, are one with the Father.  We become one with the plans that the Father has for our lives.  Jesus is there with us all the way as our flesh tries to steer us away from our calling.  Our Savior and Intercessor insures that we are good and faithful servants to the Father in this life and for all eternity.  

We have been raised in a world where performance and results are everything.  We feel measured by the things that we have and the things that we have accomplished.

These things that we hold so dearly hold no value in God’s world.  He promises to provide what we need and even promises the desires of our hearts – all based on us seeking His kingdom first.  The truly abundant life awaits when we make Our Lord and His righteousness first in our lives.

The physical condition of our body or the environment that we find ourselves can cause unfavorable changes in our mood.  We must not submit to these unfavorable moods.

We must take on the Spirit of the One within us and realize that we have already been given victory over our circumstances.  We must allow Jesus to do His good work and we must do our good work by standing against that which is trying to shape our mood.

Without tribulation, our flesh carries us away from God.  We tend to move out of His presence.  Our earthly joy begins to diminish our ability to experience the true joy available to us through our personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

When we are weak, when we are near defeat, when we are near death, we run to Jesus.  He promises to be our strength in every one of our times of weakness.  It is during these times that we experience His presence so clearly.  It is during these times of pain that we experience the fullness of His love.  What a blessing it is to have tribulation in our lives.