Faith

Joshua 6:2:
The LORD said to Joshua: “See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor”.

The word see in this verse means, perceiving or ascertaining something apart from seeing it with one’s eyes. The word ascertain means to discover with certainty or sure to come to pass or happen. Sound familiar, NOTHING WAVERING.

What is so interesting about this verse is, this is the first thing that the Lord spoke to Joshua before he told him how to defeat Jericho. When it comes to faith, we have to see our situations as being the finished product. Let me elaborate a little. We have to see our mountain removed spiritually first, before we will ever see it in the natural. If we only see with our natural eyes, then we are living in the wrong realm. The Word declares “the just shall live by FAITH”! (Heb.10:38)

Proverbs 29:18 states, “where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he”.

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Psalm 102:13: You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for the time to favor her, Yes, the set time, has come.

We all live in a system of measurement that we call time. There are only so many hours in our day, only so many hours of daylight to accomplish certain tasks, and we are all limited by this general system we call time.

I don’t want to talk about the “general” time, but I want to talk about God’s “SET TIME” to do something. The word “time” in the passage of Scripture above is the Hebrew word mo-ade` (pronounced mow`ed), which means “an appointed time, an appointed place, and an appointed season.”

Throughout our walk with the Lord Jesus Christ we seem to be laboring continually to receive all that He has promised us through His Word. We are spending our “time” (general) in prayer, fasting, declaring, serving, etc., but only seeing glimpses of what the Lord has for us. I want to let you know that many of you who are reading this blog post today, are entering the “set time” that God has appointed to fulfill all things in your life. Let me give you an example from Scripture.

1 John 5:14: Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

When I look at this Scripture, I often find that most of us place our “confidence” on the latter part of this verse that says, “If WE ask.”  I believe that we tend to place more of our faith in our confidence to ask, than in the One that we are asking. We must learn to have confidence in Him, that He will answer us and help us in our time of need. Psalm 86:5 declares, “for You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.” It is because of HIS goodness that He answers us, NOT our goodness. It is because of HIS abundant MERCIES, NOT our abundant WORKS. When we place our faith IN HIM and not in ourselves, then the Lord honors that position of humility.

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