There is a reason that the scripture does not read " we shall call those things that are as though they are not". Instead, scripture is telling us to do the positive of these two statements.
Do you post a motivational verse on your fridge that reads: "I am not fat"? No, instead it will be a positive statement that will read, "I am healthy, fit and beautiful".
There is a difference in how this affects our mind, heart and emotions.
Many people confuse these two and will say the very thing that will keep them stuck in a place of defeat, instead of a place of victory.
Jesus came and died and rose from the dead that we may have life and have it more abundantly. This is how we are to see ourselves. Free, free from all the things that keep us in bondage. Free from sin and death. This is not just referring to going to heaven. Jesus wants us to take His life and live on this earth in victory in every way.
When we understand who we are in Christ, then we can live out victory everyday as He has planned for us.
This does not mean denying the truth about ourselves or our situations. It means seeing them as already made right. As Jesus sees them. He no longer looks on us with imperfection and sin. Does that mean I never sin? NO, but it does mean that as far as God and Jesus are concerned, it has already been dealt with and once we realize this, we can live in the victory that we have.
Call those things that be not as though they are today.
Today I am Healthy. Today I am prosperous. Today I am Righteous and Free from all addictions, strongholds and bondage that is taking away my abundant Life!!
Romans 4:17b
"the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were."
We shall call those things that be not as though they were.
Author: Patti Child /
What does Grace have to do with it?
Author: Patti Child /Everything. Jesus is Grace and Grace is Jesus.Grace is Jesus taking all our sins: past, present and future, and giving us His righteousness, holiness and life. Jesus sees us past all our faults, sins and imperfections and we are perfect because of Him.
If we truly grasp the work of Jesus and that Grace is what it is all about, we can be free from anything in our life that is keeping us in bondage. From Every addiction, stronghold, and struggle that we try to work out.
Grace is Jesus doing it all through us. When we focus on Him instead of ourselves, we receive freedom.
It is a process, but it is an easy one!!!
Nothing is hard with Jesus. We get in the way and make things hard.
See yourself as He sees you, Righteous, Holy and Perfect. Then you too can be free from the things that are keeping you in bondage.
Christ in ME!!!
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. Gal. 2:20
