Submitted by Sam Nobles
That is why his faith was "counted to him as
righteousness." But the words "it was counted to him" were not
written for his sake alone, but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe
in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, who was delivered up for our
trespasses and raised for our justification. (Romans 4:22-25 ESV)
If you
are a believer, your faith and salvation is based upon the Resurrection of
Jesus. You didn’t see it visually. You haven’t touched Jesus physically. You
haven’t heard His voice audibly—but somehow you believe. Even though our
culture mocks it, science disputes it, and people doubt it—God has graced you
with faith to believe what the world doesn’t understand.
Jumbo
the Elephant was the largest elephant in the P.T. Barnum Circus. Jumbo was the
strongest elephant in the world, but he was held in place by one 12 inch tent
stake. Jumbo bought into the lie when he was a baby that he didn’t have the
strength to pull out the stake.
We’re
Jumbo! We’ve already accomplished the incredible. Yet we remain tied to a 12
inch tent stake of lies when we’ve already shown we are capable of uprooting
trees with the faith we’ve already displayed in Jesus.
It is
nothing to believe in victory over whatever looms before you, whatever pressure
is upon you, compared to believing in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the
dead. Nothing remaining will demand more faith than believing that Jesus is
God, that He died for our sins, and that He rose again.
So, when
you ask, “How will I make this payment?” “When will I get married?” “What will
I do if I lose my job?” All of these are 12 inch tent stakes compared to the
giant tree of unbelief we’ve already uprooted when we believed in the finished
work of Jesus Christ. Now is the time to use the faith that caused you to
embrace the Resurrection to also believe God is going to take care of your
present situation.
Scripture to Claim:
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for
faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith." (Romans
1:17 ESV)
