John 1:16-17 (Amplified) says, "For out of His fullness (abundance), we have all received, all had a share and were all supplied with, one Grace after another and Spiritual Blessing upon Spiritual Blessing and even favor upon favor and Gift heaped upon Gift. For while the Law was given through Moses, Grace (unearned, undeserved favor) and Spiritual Blessing and Truth came through Jesus Christ."
When you know God's will concerning any area of your life, you will have faith in God's Word for that thing or situation. When faith comes or believing in God's Promise in that situation comes, then you will always have victory in that situation. Colossi ans 1:9-13 (Amplified) says, "For this reason we also, from the day we heard of it, have not ceased to pray and make special request for you, asking that you may be filled with the full (deep, clear) knowledge of His will in all Spiritual Wisdom (in comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God) and in understanding and discernment of Spiritual things. That you may walk, live and conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing and increasing in and by the knowledge of God, with fuller, deeper, and clearer insight, acquaintance, and recognition." Verses 11-13 go on, "We pray that you may be invigorated and strengthened with all power according to the Might of His Glory, to exercise every kind of endurance and patience, perseverance and forbearance with joy. Giving thanks to the Father Who has qualified and made us fit to share the portion which is the inheritance of the saints (God's holy people) in the Light. The Father has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the Kingdom of the Son of His Love."
This might be the first time you've read the above scriptures. The Holy Spirit didn't give this prayer for the Church in Colossus, but He gave it to us. 2Timothy 3:16 (Amplified) tells us, "Every scripture is God-breathed (given by His Inspiration) and profitable for instruction, for reproof, and conviction of error and discipline in obedience and for training in righteousness, in holy living, in conformity to God's will in thought, purpose and action."
It's difficult to conform to God's will, when we don't know what His will is. Not knowing God's will concerning our walk with Him, is one of the greatest stumbling blocks for today's Church. Some believer that hardship and sickness are His will, but Colossi ans 1:9-13 encourages us to know and understand God's will. Paul taught us further, in 2Timothy 3:16, that "God uses His Word to teach, correct, and bring us into conformity to His will."
We've become double-minded people, when it comes to knowing God's will. James 1:5-8 (Amplified) says, "If any of you is deficient in Wisdom, let him ask of God Who gives to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproaching or fault finding, and it will be given him. Only it must be in faith that he asks with no wavering (no hesitating, no doubting). For the one who wavers (hesitates, doubts), is like the billowing surge out of sea that is blown hither and thither and tossed by the wind. For truly, let not such a person imagine that he will receive anything he asks for from the Lord. For being as he is a man of two minds (hesitating, dubious, irresolute), he is unstable and unreliable and uncertain about everything he thinks, feels, decides."
The carnal mind is at enmity against the Word of Truth. The Spiritually minded believer, who wishes to know God's Truth, has God's Wisdom cancelled out by reasoning and is left without answers about God's will and mind. We've become double-minded, because of the differing teachings and education we've received. One can have enough education to read and understand the words, but still not have Revelation of the Truth they hold. This leaves us in religion, instead of relation with God. The carnal mind cannot receive the Spirit of God's Word, so we search for reasons as to why certain things aren't working like they should, in our lives. The carnal mind then determines that "It's not God's will for us to have these things."
Jesus said in John 6:63 (Amplified), "It is the Spirit Who gives Life (He is the Life Giver), the flesh conveys no benefit whatever (there is no profit in it). The Words (Truths) that I have been speaking to you are Spirit and Life." We sometimes forget that God's Word is also Spirit. It doesn't come from or for the carnal minds of men, but God's Word is from the Spirit Father. Miracles, signs, and wonders don't make sense to the carnal mind. The carnal mind can't understand it and assumes these things are not longer valid for today.
God's Word is born of the Super-natural Man Jesus and is for Super-natural men. Only the new creation people, who have the mind of Christ, can discern Truth from fiction. The carnally minded Christian might be born-again, but hasn't renewed his/her mind with God's Word and continues reading the Word from a worldly viewpoint. Many people get saved, but remain Spiritual babies, as far as Wisdom is concerned. Miracles and the Move of God's Spirit in our lives, have been mostly dismissed by today's Church, because we haven't allowed the Holy Spirit to produce Life to His Truth.
We say that, "We believe," but then say, "These things are for when we die and go to Heaven." We really do believe, but we believe it's for the future. Have you ever wondered what good is it, to lay hands on the sick, after we go to be with the Lord? How many sick people live in Heaven? We must accept Paul's writing from Colossi ans 1:9-13 as a prayer for our lives today and receive it as being God's will for His family. Then, we can truly understand the Truth of the Spirit of God's Word.
The Father wants us to know and understand His Heart. He wants His family to know His will, in order to restore everything wrong on the earth, back to Kingdom righteousness. Jesus prayed in Matthew 6:10 (Amplified), "Your Kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven." Jesus taught us to pray in this manner and restore the things that are out-of-order on this earth, back into the order of God's will in the Kingdom.
This takes the Super-natural power of the Holy Spirit and only He can get it done! We must simply yield to Him, by believing that He not only can do it, but it's truly His will to do it now. Jesus said that, "It's not Me Who does the work, but the Father in Me does the work." The same is true for us. It's God Who does the work. We need to believe it is still His will and He is still Almighty God.
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