The ever disappearing line.

Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses]. For by this [kind of] faith the men of old gained [divine] approval. Hebrews 11:1-2 AMP

Oh the glorious promises He has given us! Life eternal with Him! It is by this implanted faith (deed) given to us by God that we have a CERTAINTY (conviction of reality) that we live in Him! Do you enter His courts with praise? Does His joy rise up in you for you to proclaim the Truth out loud? 

Just as the heroes of the faith gained approval — so do we – through the faith given to us by the loving Father through the Holy Spirit! The line of demarcation of death begins to disappear as one begins to live into this true reality. Our limited scope begins to take on a much longer and wider vista. We begin to realize the true riches we have in Christ Jesus. His stripes for our healing. His sacrifice of love for our eternal relationship with Him. His sorrows for our joy. Jesus WILL heal every sickness and wound in those who love Him, it is a certainty. What we have difficulty with is His timing, which is our limited humanity which holds us back from seeing the true reality of things. Now is the time to completely surrender to Him. Give away your life for His life … in you. Ask Him to give you His eyes and ears. Ask Him to give you His heart to feel as He does. Live in His time, be yoked with him. Allow Him to lead and do most of the main pulling. As the main One doing the ‘work’, guiding and directing you. Lean into Him — and learn to rest in Him. 

Can you allow the Holy Spirit to give you His patience? His patience combined with His joy becomes a much easier fruit to produce… because His joy has His eternal understanding mixed in it. When you know the love that is and will grow into the eternal future —- this temporary brief life in this shadowland has a much less effect on our souls. And we can begin to live in His understanding and heart. 

When the champions of the faith began to realize this truth they proclaimed loudly for all of the universe to hear…

And when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the Scripture will be fulfilled that says, “Death is swallowed up in victory (vanquished forever). O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” 1 Corinthians 15:54-55 AMP

This kind of ‘knowing’ leads to this kind of faith… and declaration.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to answer you on this point. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire, and He will rescue us from your hand, O king. But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up!” Daniel 3:16-18 AMP

Set your mind and body to worship Him and minister TO Him today! Tell Him how much you love Him, in every way possible in your vocabulary.

As His timeline for each of us here will come to a close and the sonrise will break upon our new life WITH Him! Oh what a glorious day that will be! There is coming a day…