WALKING BY FAITH NOT BY SIGHT
Brother James, OIC
2Co 5:1-8 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
Mortality of our human bodies and the finiteness of our carnal minds hinder many from the victory God has for us to grow into through Faith in Christ. It is almost faddish to be an American Christian have our conferences, retreats, youth rallies and social gatherings and motives for many are far from what life in the true Body of Christ is supposed to be about.
Our Apostle Paul was a man when he was named Saul zealous for the earthly House of God and all it and the Law represented then on a trip to imprison Christians he met Jesus our Risen Savior. He was blinded signifying the things he once walked by sight of was not the true reality of God then he had to be taught as Faith cometh by Hearing and Hearing by the Word of God.…. And Who better to taught by than the Spirit of Christ Who is the Word of God.
That same Spirit wants to teach us today. First through Preachers in-filled with the Anointing (Spirit of Christ) then as Christ is formed in you your spiritual ears will open and you will desire not earthly things but heavenly things.
Paul, once he was taught knew this, and sought diligently to birth the Spirit of Christ in others.
Gal 4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
Rom 8:9-10 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness
Walking by Faith brings about the righteousness of God, not in anything I do but trust in what He has done, a total reliance on His Promises. You must know with all spiritual knowing that a heavenly body is awaiting you, that the right answer from your lips is your confession of your trust and reliance on Gods Word as your total source of all our needs.
Many today call things of this world Gods Blessings many are caught up in the sociality of Church, their own goodness being confused with conversion. There is a tragic end to those who believe in their self accomplishments and charities:
Mat 7:21-23 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
This does not have to be you. If you are caught up in the busy-ness of dead religion and Gods Word is not your ALL ENCOMPASSING thought, if you have to fit God into your schedule or if you are calling those things that are not Gods, His then what you need is a good infusion of Truth in your life to first change your mind then to convert you.
