Yesterday the Lord spoke to me with this verse. Sometimes the simplest things are the most powerful. God said this to me, and He set my spirit at peace. He brings us back from the dead, and gives us true life.
I remember a few months ago, I really fell into doubt. God had been speaking to me for a few months at that point, and He had given me a large amount of RHEMA words, which I had been writing and keeping indexed. Doubt will lower us in Spirit so that we cannot remember or believe the promises of God. So, God had given me so many words at that point, and I was trying to cling to them amidst a lot of spiritual warfare.
I was walking down the driveway and was pretty oppressed when I heard Him tell me, "I have not given you words". That stopped me right in my tracks and I thought, 'what???'. I felt a rush of fear come in...had God changed His mind about me?
But then He continued: "I have given you life". At that point I finally got it. A tough lesson...but through that wording He made me understand. By His Grace I was taught how to fear, and grace my fears relieved. I was positioned to realize that He had given me His life when He promised me things. Eternal life, because He had given me promises that He is faithful to keep.
God's word does not change. It will always be high and lifted up. What changes is our perception of it. Without the Holy Spirit, which allows us to believe, God's Word is just that--empty and meaningless words. With the faith the Spirit gives, His Words become alive. They become life and truth. God gives the gift of His WORD, and all it's promises and assurances, and He simultaneously gives us the gift of His Spirit to believe it. His WORD is only life if we believe and accept it. His Word is only what we make of it.
I remember a few months ago, I really fell into doubt. God had been speaking to me for a few months at that point, and He had given me a large amount of RHEMA words, which I had been writing and keeping indexed. Doubt will lower us in Spirit so that we cannot remember or believe the promises of God. So, God had given me so many words at that point, and I was trying to cling to them amidst a lot of spiritual warfare.
I was walking down the driveway and was pretty oppressed when I heard Him tell me, "I have not given you words". That stopped me right in my tracks and I thought, 'what???'. I felt a rush of fear come in...had God changed His mind about me?
But then He continued: "I have given you life". At that point I finally got it. A tough lesson...but through that wording He made me understand. By His Grace I was taught how to fear, and grace my fears relieved. I was positioned to realize that He had given me His life when He promised me things. Eternal life, because He had given me promises that He is faithful to keep.
God's word does not change. It will always be high and lifted up. What changes is our perception of it. Without the Holy Spirit, which allows us to believe, God's Word is just that--empty and meaningless words. With the faith the Spirit gives, His Words become alive. They become life and truth. God gives the gift of His WORD, and all it's promises and assurances, and He simultaneously gives us the gift of His Spirit to believe it. His WORD is only life if we believe and accept it. His Word is only what we make of it.
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