FAITH KNOWS
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr.
Kyfingers@aol.com
TEXT:
Romans 8:28 And WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER...
1Tim. 2:1 Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men,
2 for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,
6 who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time,
7 for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle--I am speaking the truth in Christ and not lying--a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Isa. 40:31 They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength
Life has many questions that we cannot answer, and problems that man cannot solve, so what do we do? Throw up our hands and quit?
It is always too soon to quit. We need to focus on what we know, not the doubts and fears. God has a clear plan and purpose, we must focus clearly.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
But how can we focus on the main thing until we discipline our heart, our mind, and our focus. We a written, clear vision, we need to update our vision and adapt it, but we need on focus on what we know and a priority system that reaches beyond the five senses.
We see then believe? Or is it we believe and then we see?
Because we have not established a priority system we often times miss identify who the real enemy might be? Is your spouse the enemy? Is the preacher your enemy?
It is hard to do battle without knowing who the enemy is?
In the heat of battle it can be very easy to forget what we know?
We know that all things work together, but stepping out of the bounds of faith into the emotional realm, we forget that we know this, --- and we can run around like a chicken with it’s head cut off.
I am told that a chicken can live several days without it’s head, but we know Christians can live without their heads, but their faith walk is very limited.
Faith knows how to:
walk...
In Love...
In the light...
and in wisdom
1) Faith prays for everyone, and then waits in
complete trust
1Tim. 2:1 Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men,
2 for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,
6 who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time,
7 for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle--I am speaking the truth in Christ and not lying--a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Isa. 40:31 They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength
2) Faith knows there is a DUE SEASON ... conditional...
Gal. 6:6 Be not deceived for God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for IN DUE SEASON WE SHALL REAP, if we faint not.
So Faith knows: be Reminded ... you must stay encouraged. Remember Ziglag?
1 Samuel 30:6 .... but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.
Hold tight to the blessings that you have received, because surely our enemy roams around like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.
But we are more than conquers, we have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony.
May the glory of the LORD rest upon you with radiance Divine.
Romans 8:28 And WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER...
3) Faith knows how to walk in love.
Eph.5:1 Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.
2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
3 But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;
4 neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.
5 For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
7 Therefore do not be partakers with them.
2 John 5.... but from the beginning, that we love one another.
6 and this is love that we walk after His commandments ... this is the commandment that you heard from the beginning... WALK IN LOVE.
4) Faith knows the importance of walking in the Light
Eph. 5:8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
9 (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth),
10 finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.
12 For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.
13 But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.
14 Therefore He says: "Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light."
Psa. 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Mat. 5:14... a light on a hill. 15... no light under a bushel ... but on a candle stick.
Luke 15:8 ... woman with ten pieces of silver ... lost one... doth not she light a candle,,, sees the dirt ... cleans up the dirt.... finds her coin
John 11:9--11 warns of walking in darkness and stumbling... vs. walking in light
1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin.
5) Faith must Walk in Understanding & Wisdom, wisdom can tell time.
Solomon asked God for Understanding and wisdom, God gave...
1 Kings 4:29.
Col. 4:5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
Eph 5:15 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,
16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, 19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
20 giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
21 submitting to one another in the fear of God.
Sometimes faith and stupidity can look much alike. We have to have a HOLY confidence in the WORD of God to accomplish the WORK of God.
Invest effort, time, money and more effort to reach the lost.
If you fear stupidity ask God for His Wisdom.
James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally ... it shall be given him...
Why stay ignorant?
FAITH KNOWS HOW TO WALK IN:
LOVE
THE LIGHT
WISDOM
His servant,
Wade Martin Hughes, Sr.
Kyfingers@aol.com
Enlarge my hands? and pass on to others?
