Resurrection Power vs Unbelief
What does Easter mean to you?
Is it about Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection?
Is it about new Easter clothes?
Is it about coloring Easter eggs?
Is it about going to someone’s house to eat an Easter meal?
Even if you answer that Easter means Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection, is His resurrection power operating in you today? Do you know what it means to have His resurrection power working in and through you? How many of us many times glibly answer a question with what we think is the right answer, but it really is not working in our lives and it is just a head answer and not a heart answer?
I have been observing much lately and watching what we as “Christians” are doing. The Holy Spirit is having me to take a good look at my own life and the results of His indwelling me.
Jesus’ sole purpose for coming to this earth was to reconcile a Father and His children. We were away from Father’s family and He wanted His children back. He wanted the family restored. He wanted His “kids” back, who had been kidnapped by an interloper into the family relationship. The real Father wanted His children back. He wanted them to know that the one they were in relationship with was not their real father. Of course, we are talking about Father God and satan. Satan did and still does deceive mankind into thinking that they don’t need anyone but themselves. Self-sufficiency is satan’s greatest weapon. He uses it on non-believers and believers.
If we’re born again, if we have come back into Father’s house, we still try to do it ourselves. The old expression that a two-year old says is very applicable---“I do it myself.” For those of us who are “doers,” the greatest hurdle we have to overcome is letting Father do for us that which He loves to do---taking care of us, through good times and trying times. His resurrection power is sufficient.
The biggest challenge I see in the Christian world today is simply unbelief. The root of working to receive what God has for us is unbelief. We think we absolutely have to do something to get what God has provided for us. Surely, there is something we have to do. And all along, the Lord says, I have already done everything that needs to be done. Believe it.
Do we really understand how deadly unbelief is? The scripture calls a heart of unbelief an evil, wicked heart. Unbelief is the root of all sin—not believing that God can take care of the temptation, the situation, the circumstance, the sickness, the lack, the heartache, the problem in our family or our marriage. The very foundation of unbelief is fear, which activates satan and his kingdom like faith activates God and His kingdom. Unbelief and its accompanying fear makes satan the lord of that situation and circumstance. That is hard to accept, but sometimes we must come face to face with the stark truth.
And we do want solutions, answers for our challenges in life. This is evident in the rise of the need for human counseling---man seeking from man only what he can get from God----man looking for a quick fix for an eternal problem. As long as one is in unbelief, all the counseling in the world until Jesus comes won’t fix the problem. There is only one fixer—the One Who made the original product of you and me. When we turn to the Lord and seek Him with all of our heart, He is right there to take over. It is a matter of surrendering ourselves to Him and being teachable enough to let go of old ways and old ideas that are contrary to His Word. He wants you to live victoriously in this life much more than you want it. It’s time to let go and let God, as the old expression goes.
Hebrews. 3:12 Amplified Bible
[Therefore beware] brethren, take care, lest there be in any one of you a wicked, unbelieving heart [which refuses to cleave to trust in, and rely on Him] leading you to turn away and desert or stand aloof from the living God.
Heb. 11:6 Amplified Bible
But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out]. (Emphasis added)
And what is faith? It is believing God and His Word. It is believing that God has already provided for you everything you will need to live this life on this earth successfully and confidently. Thank your Father for what He has already provided for you and be specific in your thankfulness. You need only reach out and receive of God’s vast storehouse of abundant supply.
Is it about Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection?
Is it about new Easter clothes?
Is it about coloring Easter eggs?
Is it about going to someone’s house to eat an Easter meal?
Even if you answer that Easter means Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection, is His resurrection power operating in you today? Do you know what it means to have His resurrection power working in and through you? How many of us many times glibly answer a question with what we think is the right answer, but it really is not working in our lives and it is just a head answer and not a heart answer?
I have been observing much lately and watching what we as “Christians” are doing. The Holy Spirit is having me to take a good look at my own life and the results of His indwelling me.
Jesus’ sole purpose for coming to this earth was to reconcile a Father and His children. We were away from Father’s family and He wanted His children back. He wanted the family restored. He wanted His “kids” back, who had been kidnapped by an interloper into the family relationship. The real Father wanted His children back. He wanted them to know that the one they were in relationship with was not their real father. Of course, we are talking about Father God and satan. Satan did and still does deceive mankind into thinking that they don’t need anyone but themselves. Self-sufficiency is satan’s greatest weapon. He uses it on non-believers and believers.
If we’re born again, if we have come back into Father’s house, we still try to do it ourselves. The old expression that a two-year old says is very applicable---“I do it myself.” For those of us who are “doers,” the greatest hurdle we have to overcome is letting Father do for us that which He loves to do---taking care of us, through good times and trying times. His resurrection power is sufficient.
The biggest challenge I see in the Christian world today is simply unbelief. The root of working to receive what God has for us is unbelief. We think we absolutely have to do something to get what God has provided for us. Surely, there is something we have to do. And all along, the Lord says, I have already done everything that needs to be done. Believe it.
Do we really understand how deadly unbelief is? The scripture calls a heart of unbelief an evil, wicked heart. Unbelief is the root of all sin—not believing that God can take care of the temptation, the situation, the circumstance, the sickness, the lack, the heartache, the problem in our family or our marriage. The very foundation of unbelief is fear, which activates satan and his kingdom like faith activates God and His kingdom. Unbelief and its accompanying fear makes satan the lord of that situation and circumstance. That is hard to accept, but sometimes we must come face to face with the stark truth.
And we do want solutions, answers for our challenges in life. This is evident in the rise of the need for human counseling---man seeking from man only what he can get from God----man looking for a quick fix for an eternal problem. As long as one is in unbelief, all the counseling in the world until Jesus comes won’t fix the problem. There is only one fixer—the One Who made the original product of you and me. When we turn to the Lord and seek Him with all of our heart, He is right there to take over. It is a matter of surrendering ourselves to Him and being teachable enough to let go of old ways and old ideas that are contrary to His Word. He wants you to live victoriously in this life much more than you want it. It’s time to let go and let God, as the old expression goes.
Hebrews. 3:12 Amplified Bible
[Therefore beware] brethren, take care, lest there be in any one of you a wicked, unbelieving heart [which refuses to cleave to trust in, and rely on Him] leading you to turn away and desert or stand aloof from the living God.
Heb. 11:6 Amplified Bible
But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out]. (Emphasis added)
And what is faith? It is believing God and His Word. It is believing that God has already provided for you everything you will need to live this life on this earth successfully and confidently. Thank your Father for what He has already provided for you and be specific in your thankfulness. You need only reach out and receive of God’s vast storehouse of abundant supply.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 7:03 AM
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