Today my reading found me in Romans 3-4. These are both chapters that I have read over and over and yet once again I have learned something new and I praise God for His ability to accomplish His Word in my life.
Romans 4:3
...Abraham believed God...
Romans 4:18-21
Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform
These are the verses that jumped off the pages to me. I cannot tell you the number of times that I have read these words and yet I found myself desiring to know more from them again...
I begin looking up the definitions of these words and was strengthened by what I found...
Believe~to have confidence in/to be persuaded of the truth/accept as truth/credit/to have belief in
Hope~expectation of something desired/desire accompanied by expectation/confidence in a future event/ground for expecting something
Weak~liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain/defficient in power
Faith~confidence or trust in a person or thing/belief which is not based on proof
Stagger~to walk, move or stand unsteadily/sway/to begin to give way/to begin to doubt/hesitate
Strong~powerful/clear/firm/WELL SUPPLIED or rich in something
Fully~filled containing all that can be held/filled to utmost capacity/complete/entire/of the maximum size
Persuaded~to prevail on by advice/urging reasons/convince
Able~having sufficient power/strength/qualified/competent
Perform~to carry out/execute/do/to complete/to fulfill a command, promise or undertaking
In taking the truth of the Word of God and disecting it into smaller pieces this is the application I have learned from these verses:
I am persuaded of the truth of God. I accept all that He says as truth and have complete confidence in Him. Against every desire and expectation of that desire being fulfilled and against all confidence of a future event or desire coming to fruition, I am persuaded of the truth of the expectation of my desire coming to pass. I will not be liable to yield, break or collapse under any pressure or strain nor will I be defficient in power in my confidence and trust in THE GOD that I serve even when there is no proof to believe on. I will not walk, move or stand unsteadily. I will not begin to doubt, hesitate, waver or falter at the assurance of that which has been declared to me in my "lack of confidence" (unbelief) . I will be rich and well supplied in my "belief which is not based on proof" giving all the glory to God. I will contain all that can be held, be filled to the utmost capacity and be complete in His convincement that He, GOD ALMIGHTY, is qualified to complete what He has promised.
There are over 8000 promises in His Word for me to claim and I choose to have this stand on every one of them!!! Glory to God!
"He is Able, more than able, to accomplish what concerns me today
He is Able, more than able, to handle anything that comes my way
He is Able, more than able, to do much more than I could ever dream
He is Able, more than able, to make me what He wants me to be!"
He is Able...Do you believe it?
