Where Is Your Assurance?

WHERE IS YOUR ASSURANCE?

THIS IS THE THIRD MESSAGE OF MY “WHERE IS” SERIES. HOPEFULLY YOU ARE GAINING SOME GOOD HOPE AND BUILDING YOUR FAITH IN THESE MESSAGES.

DO YOU HAVE ASSURANCE IN THE LORD?

DO YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE LORD?

DO YOU FEEL SECURE IN AN UNSECURED WORLD?

TO SAY WE HAVE NEVER QUESTIONED OURSELVES OR OUTCOMES IN THE QUESTIONS ABOVE WOULDN’T BE APPROPRIATE.

I’M SURE WHEN YOU GO TO THE GROCERY STORE OR ANY RESTAURANT THAT IS OPEN, YOU EITHER HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE DRIVE-THROUGH OR ORDER YOUR FOOD AND THEY WILL HAVE IT WAITING FOR YOU TO PICK UP!

I JUST GOT BACK FROM THE GROCERY STORE AND THEIR MEAT COUNTER WAS EMPTY! THE WORKERS WERE WEIGHING AND PACKAGING MEAT AS FAST AS THEY COULD, BUT BY THE TIME THEY PUT IT OUT ON THE DISPLAY RACK, RESTLESS PEOPLE WERE GRABBING IT UP.

IT DID NOT SEEM TO PHASE THEM ABOUT A SIGN STATING, “2 PACKAGES OF FAMILY STYLE MEAT PER CUSTOMER.”

TO BE HONEST WITH YOU A LITTLE FEAR AND SHOCK OF SEEING EMPTY SHELVES AND PEOPLE GRABBING GROCERIES DID ENTER MY MIND FOR A BIT.

BEFORE I WENT INTO THE STORE, I SAID A LITTLE PRAYER OF PROTECTION FOR MYSELF, REBUKING THE FEAR AND ANXIETY, THAT THE ENEMY WAS THROWING MY WAY.

CHURCHES ARE MOSTLY CLOSED, WEDNESDAY NIGHT PRAYER MEETINGS ARE CLOSED, ALL CHURCH ACTIVITIES CLOSED. YOU CAN BE SURE THAT SATAN IS JUMPING UP AND DOWN WITH THE FEELING OF UTMOST ACCOMPLISHMENT.

REST ASSURED IN YOUR “ASSURANCE IN THE LORD” HIS LAUGHTER AND GLEE WILL SOON BY OVER WITH. CAN I GET AN AMEN HERE?

WITH THAT IN MIND, LET’S LOOK AT ROMANS 8:12-17 NKJV

“THERFORE, BRETHREN WE ARE DEBTORS-NOT TO THE FLESH, TO LIVE ACCORDING TO THE FLESH. FOR IF YOU LIVE ACCORDING TO THE FLESH YOU WILL DIE; BUT IF BY THE SPIRIT YOU PUT TO DEATH THE DEEDS OF THE BODY, YOU WILL LIVE. FOR AS MANY AS ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THESE ARE SONS OF GOD. FOR YOU DID NOT RECEIVE THE SPIRIT OF BONDAGE AGAIN TO FEAR, BUT YOU RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF ADOPTION BY WHOM WE CRY OUT, ABBA, FATHER. THE SPIRIT HIMSELF BEARS WITNESS WITH OUR SPIRIT THAT WE ARE CHILDREN OF GOD, AND IF CHILDREN, THEN HEIRS-HEIRS OF GOD AND JOINT HEIRS WITH CHRIST, IF INDEED WE SUFFER WITH HIM, THAT WE MAY ALSO BE GLORIFIED TOGETHER.”

THE DEFINITION OF “ASSURANCE” ACCORDING TO VINE’S GREEK NEW TESTAMENT IS: A GUARANTEE, CONFIDENCE, TRUST, PERSUADE, AND SAFETY.

UNDERSTAND, THE DEVIL IS USING THE CRISIS THAT WE ARE FACING TO TAKE ALL OF THAT AWAY.

PHILIPPIANS 4:13 NKJV

“I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME.”

WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND, THAT THIS WORLD IS NOT OUR HOME, WE ARE PILGRIMS, SOJOURNERS IN THIS WORLD.

1 PETER 2:11A NKJV

“BELOVED, I BEG YOU AS SOJOURNERS AND PILGRIMS, ABSTAIN FROM WORLDLY LUST WHICH WAR AGAINST THE SOUL.”

THAT IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO PUT IN OUR HEARTS THE SCRIPTURE IN 2 PETER 1:3-5

“BLESSED BE THE LORD GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WHO ACCORDING TO HIS ABUNDANT MERCY HAS BEGOTTEN US AGAIN TO A LIVING HOPE THROUGH THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST FROM THE DEAD. TO AN INHERITANCE INCORRUPTIBLE AND UNDEFINED AND THAT DOES NOT FADE AWAY, RESERVED IN HEAVEN FOR YOU. WHO ARE KEPT BY THE POWER OF GOD THROUGH FAITH FOR SALVATION READY TO BE REVEALED IN THE LAST TIME,”

GOD HAS A SUPPLY HOUSE THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR US. WE MUST BE LIKE THE PSALMIST WHERE HE STATED IN PSALM 37:25

“ I HAVE BEEN YOUNG, AND NOW AM OLD; YET I HAVE NOT SEEN THE RIGHTEOUS FORSAKEN, NOR HIS DESCENDANTS BEGGING FOR BREAD.”

THAT IS WHY WE HAVE AN ASSURANCE IN THE LORD, WE SHOULD NOT BE DISCOURAGED OR ALARMED AT WHAT IS TAKING PLACE. AS THE LORD’S DESCENDANTS, WE WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF.

MATTHEW 10:27-31 NKJV

“WHATEVER I TELL YOU IN THE DARK, SPEAK IN THE LIGHT; AND WHAT YOU HEAR IN YOUR EAR, PREACH ON THE HOUSETOPS. AND DO NOT FEAR THOSE WHO KILL THE BODY BUT CANNOT KILL THE SOUL. BUT RATHER FEAR HIM WHO IS ABLE TO DESTROY BOTH SOUL AND BODY IN HELL. ARE NOT TWO SPARROWS SOLD FOR A COPPER COIN? AND NOT ONE OF THEM FALLS TO THE GROUND PART FROM YOUR FATHER’S WILL. BUT THE VERY HAIRS OF YOUR HEAD ARE ALL NUMBERED. DO NOT FEAR THEREFORE; YOU ARE OF MORE VALUE THAN MANY SPARROWS.”

THE WAY THAT WE CAN CAUSE THE DEVIL TO FLEE IS QUOTING SCRIPTURE WHEN HE COMES AROUND.

WE DO NOT HAVE THE POWER IN AND OF OURSELVES TO FIGHT HIM, BUT WHEN WE SPEAK THE WORD OF GOD, WE ARE ABLE TO DEFEAT HIM.