Psalms 138:2 (Amplified) says that, "I will worship toward your Holy Temple and praise Your name for Your truth and faithfulness; for You have exalted above all else Your name and Your Word and You have magnified Your Word above all Your name!"
The Word of our Father is above all else, its what holds everything in place. If the Word should fail, then God has failed and would cease to be. We, as believers, are taught to trust in His Word for all things. All of the things that happened to us, and for us at the resurrection have to be based on our believing what the Word has said.
We have a problem in believing in righteousness because we remember who we used to be. If we spent more time in trying to believe who we are instead of reminding ourselves who we were, then we'd have more success in our Christian walk. By not believing that we're in right standing with the Father is what holds back our faith for answered prayer and fellowship with Him.
In Isaiah 54:14-15 (Amplified) the Word tells us that, "You shall establish yourself in righteousness (rightness, in conformity with God's will and order) you shall be far from even the thought of oppression or destruction, for you shall not fear, and from terror, for it shall not come near you." Verse 15 goes on, "Behold, they may gather together and stir up strife, but it is not from me. Whoever stirs up strife against you shall fall and surrender to you."
The word "establish" in the Hebrew means "to be erect, (i.e. stand perpendicular) hence to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether lit (establish, fix, prepare, apply) or fig. (appoint, render, sure, proper or prosperous) certain(ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten,firm, be fitted, be-fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect,(make)preparation, prepare, (self)provide, make provision, (be-make) ready, right, set (aright, fast,forth) be stable, stablish, stand, tarry and very deed."
This is the righteousness of God for us ion Christ Jesus according to 2 Corinthians 5:21 (Amplified) which says, "For our sake He made Christ (virtually) to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in and through Him, we might become (endued with, viewed as being in, and examples of) the righteousness of God (what we ought to be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness.)"
The only way that a believer can ever hope to be right standing with God, is to believe and receive what the Word has said about it. Our carnal nature will try to tell you that "after what you have done there's no way that you can be righteous." When you don't belive in the Word, you allow yourself to remain in bondage to sin, even though it has been removed.
Many people will try telling you that to declare that you're righteous is prideful. Nothing can be further from the truth. Real pride is declaring yourself a sinner and rejecting the truth of the Word. When you do this, you have exalted yourself (by pride) to be above the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus. By trying to be humble, you have declared by pride, that Jesus' righteousness wasn't enough to make you righteous.
It almost sounds backward doesn't it? Romans 10:2-3 (Amplified) bears out what I'm saying when it says that, "I bear them witness that they have a (certain) zeal and enthusiasm for God, but it is not enlightened and according to (correct and vital) knowledge." Verse 3 says, "For being ignorant of the righteousness that God ascribes (which makes one acceptable to Him in word, thought and deed) and seeking to establish a righteousness (a means of salvation) of their own, they did not obey or submit themselves to God's righteousness."
In other words, they didn't believe the Word and set about making their own rules as to what righteousness actually is. We set rules on how we dress, the wearing of jewelry, the cutting of our hair, the days of worship and punishment for not conforming to the rules we laid down. By doing these things, not only did we not become righteous, but we actually were kept from receiving the righteousness that was provided.
We've struggled over these last two thousand years over religious views of being right with God. All the time, God made it so simple that we missed it. This same thing is true when it comes to the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, the speaking of new tongues, the healing of your body, the answer to your prayers the blessing of God in your life, the prosperity of your life, the peace in your heart and most of all, the fellowship with a Father Who loved you enough to dies in our place.
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