Last week we talked about faith as a key to operating in the
blessing. Today we are talking about the
role of confession in operating in the blessing. We talked about natural faith (faith in our faith,
confessing to have it), vs God-like faith (confessing to help change our believe
and know that it has already been done).
Romans 12:2 says we are to be ruled by what is inside of us, rather than
what we see/sense outside. Romans 10:17
says faith comes by hearing the word of God. Confession is not convincing God to do
something, but to convince ourselves that the Word is true. Your spirit believes more than anyone else,
so speaking to yourself is important.
Hebrews 3:1 says to fix our thoughts on Jesus. Hebrews 12:2 says to fix our eyes on
Jesus. What do these statements
mean? What we see and what we think about
must be fixed on Jesus. Our flesh is
addressed in the eyes and our soul is addressed in our thoughts. Our soul is our mind, will, and
emotions. The will is what we control by
controlling the input that goes in. We
do not change the will. It changes
things. By fixing our eyes and thoughts
on Jesus, we are giving the will nothing but good input. John 1:1 says Jesus is the Word. If we keep our thoughts and eyes on the Word,
we will be going in the right direction.
When we see God’s Word come to pass is when we finally believe it has
already come to pass. We all have some
areas where this flows freely and others where it does not.
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