Faith, Grace, and Victory!

STRESS. ANXIETY. WORRY. These words describe where many of us live every day. In fact we live today, stressing about tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. How many of us lie awake at 3:00am in the morning with tight chests - unable to breathe, hot and cold sweats, and feeling hopelessly trapped? Stress has become an unwanted companion. He reminds us about unpaid bills, failed relationships, impending crisis, lack of performance, and just how hopeless and purposeless we are. As Christians, we talk about faith and we trust God. How is it then that we worry so much, usually about stuff we cannot fix anyway? It seems like a contradiction. The opposite of Fear is Faith, right? Wrong! The opposite of Fear is PEACE! The opposite of Faith is UNBELIEF!

In Hebrews 4, Paul talks about how the nation of Israel did not enter into God's rest, and therefore did not enter into the Promised Land for 40 years! Essentially, they lived in unbelief which was not the REST of God!

For those of us who seem to be in the 'wilderness' - ENTER into the REST of God! Speak PEACE! Confess PEACE! Live in PEACE!

"How can I"? you might say.

Live from moment to moment, minute to minute, hour to hour, and day to day. Can you have FAITH for one moment? How about GRACE for one moment? Well, if you can take a step in Faith and then another step of Grace, you can have the VICTORY! That's how you do it. Faith, Grace, Victory! Three moments. Do you reckon you can walk in Faith, Grace and Victory for 1 minute? If you can - AWESOME! Try stringing moments, and minutes together of Faith, Grace and Victory and before you know it - you have had the Victory for a whole day! You get the picture.

To enter into the Promises of God and to live a stress free life is to live in the moment...I know I'm there...

Faith, Grace, Victory!...Faith, Grace, Victory!...

Ps Justin Lippiatt