One On One #23

    Jesus said in Matt.6:21-23(Amp), "Therefore do not worry and be anxious, saying, What are we going to eat? or What are we going to have to drink? or What are we going to wear? For the Gentiles (heathens) wish for and crave and diligently seek all these things, and your Heavenly Father knows well that you need them all. But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His Kingdom and His Righteousness (His way of doing and being right) and then all these taken together will be given you besides."

    You might ask, "Well, what is God's way of doing and being right?" God's way is according to His Word and His covenant. His righteousness can only be found in Jesus Christ, Who has become our very righteousness, according to Rom.3:21-22(Amp) which says, "But now the Righteousness of God has been revealed independently and altogether apart from the Law, although actually it is attested by the Law and the Prophets. Namely, the Righteousness of God which comes by believing with personal trust and confident reliance on Jesus Christ (the Messiah), and it is meant for all who believe. For there is no distinction."

    This is God's way of being right or righteous. We've tried being righteous by our own works for many years, and like those in the old covenant, we're unable to keep all the Law by our own efforts. Paul was inspired by the Holy Spirit to write in Rom.3:10(Amp), saying, "As it is written, None is righteous, just and truthful and upright and conscientious, no not one." Only Jesus could fulfill the Law.

    Jesus said in Matt.5:12,17(Amp), "Do not think that I have come to do away with or undo the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to do away with or undo but to complete and fulfill them." Until Jesus came as our Sacrifice, none could ever complete or fulfill the Law, because their entire spiritual nature was born of the seed of Adam. Rom.5:12(Amp) says, "Therefore, as sin came into the world through one man and death as the result of sin, so death spread to all men, no one being able to stop it or escape its power, because all men sinned." Paul continues in Verse 17, saying, "For if because of one man's trespass, lapse, offence, death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who receive God's overflowing Grace (unmerited favor) and the free Gift of Righteousness, putting them into right standing with Himself to reign as kings in life, through the One Man, Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One)."

     God has made us sons and daughters of His family. Like He provided for Adam and Eve before the fall, Jesus restored us back to the Father in perfect righteousness and under His provision again. We have covenant with God through the Blood covenant of Jesus, the Blessing of Abraham has come on us now. Gal.3:14(Amp) says, "To the end that through their receiving Christ Jesus, the Blessing promised to Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, so that we through faith might all receive the realization of the Promise of the Holy Spirit."

    Read what the Holy Spirit promised to Abraham. God provided for Abraham throughout his life and beyond, until Jesus and now to us by faith in the Promise. "God watches over His Word to perform it," according to Jer.1:12(Amp). This includes your healing, care, entrance into His Presence, and the wholeness of His Blessing for whatever you put your hand too to prosper.