But before I go there, can I just get real for a minute? In the past year I haven’t written too much. I’ve been on pause. I’ve been in transition. I’ve been getting to know our Daddy more. I’ve been worshipping Him. Sitting at His feet. I’ve been listening, praying, seeking and asking. And today as I went to write a little ditty for the Facebook page, I got directed to actually sit and write. And I’m not certain what I am to say except where I’m at—where my heart is. I need to press into this. And you gotta know it’s for me. But it always has been.
Everything I have shared and written was for me. About five years ago, I heard these words,
“Live like you believe the Word is true.” And I paused. For a very long time. I knew immediately, I was not living like that. I was living in fear. And can I just say I had good reason to—but that was according to the world, not the WORD. Maybe one day I will share all of that, but what I will say now is just that I honestly think we all have those good reasons not to live out what we believe to be true. It’s the same good reasons to fear and worry and work really hard to control our finances, our health, our kids, our image etc. But the truth is we are simply being deceived. And as the Spirit spoke this to me and I allowed the truth to minister to my heart, I began to ask, “Help me to live like Your Word is true.”
Because I believed the Word, but I wasn’t living it out. I thought I was, but I pretended. I said I did, but I wasn’t. And it wasn’t intentional, I was blind. I was deceived. But when the revelation came, everything changed.
And I am fighting.
I am fighting for me.
And for you.
For the Kingdom.
Everything I have written and shared here has been for me. What you’re reading and seeing is my faith in action. It's been healing. But many times what inspired me to write, was you. Because you are me. My heart has always been and still is for the believer. For me and you to live like we believe the Word is true.
And I’ve realized I can’t take people farther than I go myself. And I’m going deeper. And I’m starting with Romans 8:
“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.”
I cannot wait for the day my house is paid off. It’s the biggest debt I have ever owed and I will celebrate the day the debt is fulfilled. And guess what? I won’t be sending payment anymore because the debt will be fulfilled. Right? Makes total sense. And yet in Christ, He’s paid our debt for sin, we are set free but when we fail or fall short we allow the bank to come asking for payment. And we work really hard to make payment! What? Makes no sense, right?
So I’m praying for revival in this. I’m praying we are brought back to life—full strength in this simple now truth.
In Christ alone, we are righteous. We are made right with God not by works but by His work on the cross; it’s by faith alone in Christ. There is now—not later, not when I’m not struggling with something, not when I don’t mess up or slip up, no, He says NOW. Can we just declare that today? This is who we are in in Christ Jesus. NOW. Paid for and made righteous by His blood.
Revival comes when we walk in the truth and walk it out. The enemy is out to lie, steal, kill and destroy. He’s asking for payment. Wants you to work for it. He’s telling us to just give up; give up on that person, on ourselves, on church, on our faith on our prayers, on what we know to be true, but right here, right now, let’s point him back to the cross. Remind the bank it’s been paid for, it’s covered in Christ by grace. And grace is only grace when it is undeserved, unearned and unmerited.
Let’s walk this out. Praying for you. Pray for me.