Can you create something from nothing? Don't be too quick to answer that. We often say, "God created the earth and all that's in it from nothing". Did He? As I read Scripture I don't believe God created something from nothing. John 1:1-3declares, "In the begining was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made." Father God created all things through The Word - Jesus! He didn't create something from nothing.
God continued creating through "The Word" and "His Word"along with The Holy Spirit who was hovering over the waters. All of Heaven was active during creation! God spoke the words, "Let there be light," and there was light (Gen. 1:3). Once again, God didn't create something from nothing, He created everything through His Son Jesus and upon His own words with the participation of Holy Spirit Who was moving over the waters of the Earth.
Psalm 127:1 says, "Unless the Lord builds the house, it's builders labor in vain." We build in vain when we don't cooperate with Heaven. We don't cooperate with heaven when we don't see what heaven is saying and doing. Jesus did nothing on this Earth without seeing what His Father was doing (John 5:19). Jesus was and is our model for ministry and functioning here on Earth. If Jesus relied on His Father, we too should rely on our Father Who is in Heaven.
Prior to planting Freedom Worship Center here in Aberdeen, close friends of mine suggested I start a church in Aberdeen. At first I thought their ideas were a bit crazy; but when I heard from heaven - everything changed. I couldn't take steps of faith until I heard and saw what Father was desiring to do through me. Sometimes we "step out in faith" and it's simply presumption. We assume this is what Father God wants for us, but we don't have the assurance in our hearts. Even though these gentlemen were right, I would have been wrong moving forward based upon their words alone. I needed the assurance of God's word directly spoken in to my spirit.
Faith is not presumptuous. "Faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [face perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses] (Hebrews 11:1)." There has to be an inner knowing or as some translations put it, "substance". The substance in your inner man is the assurance of what God is saying to you. When God spoke to Joshua about Jericho He said, "See, I have given you the city (Josh. 6:1)." The city wasn't physically conquered yet, but Joshua saw in the eyes of his heart that it was, and eventually the walls came down. Joshua displayed faith because he heard from Heaven and took action based upon what he saw Heaven doing. He created a reality from the word he heard from Heaven.
Simply said, Faith comes through our intimate relationship with God. I encourage you today to take some time talking with your Creator. Get your Bible, pen, paper, and start writing! Enjoy the journey.
Agreeing with Heaven,
Drew
God continued creating through "The Word" and "His Word"along with The Holy Spirit who was hovering over the waters. All of Heaven was active during creation! God spoke the words, "Let there be light," and there was light (Gen. 1:3). Once again, God didn't create something from nothing, He created everything through His Son Jesus and upon His own words with the participation of Holy Spirit Who was moving over the waters of the Earth.
Psalm 127:1 says, "Unless the Lord builds the house, it's builders labor in vain." We build in vain when we don't cooperate with Heaven. We don't cooperate with heaven when we don't see what heaven is saying and doing. Jesus did nothing on this Earth without seeing what His Father was doing (John 5:19). Jesus was and is our model for ministry and functioning here on Earth. If Jesus relied on His Father, we too should rely on our Father Who is in Heaven.
Prior to planting Freedom Worship Center here in Aberdeen, close friends of mine suggested I start a church in Aberdeen. At first I thought their ideas were a bit crazy; but when I heard from heaven - everything changed. I couldn't take steps of faith until I heard and saw what Father was desiring to do through me. Sometimes we "step out in faith" and it's simply presumption. We assume this is what Father God wants for us, but we don't have the assurance in our hearts. Even though these gentlemen were right, I would have been wrong moving forward based upon their words alone. I needed the assurance of God's word directly spoken in to my spirit.
Faith is not presumptuous. "Faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [face perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses] (Hebrews 11:1)." There has to be an inner knowing or as some translations put it, "substance". The substance in your inner man is the assurance of what God is saying to you. When God spoke to Joshua about Jericho He said, "See, I have given you the city (Josh. 6:1)." The city wasn't physically conquered yet, but Joshua saw in the eyes of his heart that it was, and eventually the walls came down. Joshua displayed faith because he heard from Heaven and took action based upon what he saw Heaven doing. He created a reality from the word he heard from Heaven.
Simply said, Faith comes through our intimate relationship with God. I encourage you today to take some time talking with your Creator. Get your Bible, pen, paper, and start writing! Enjoy the journey.
Agreeing with Heaven,
Drew
