Be strong in faith and you will see that everything in your life will begin to change

ByPastor Rufus Ajiboye Reading Time: 4 minutes
Good morning, dear friends!I am so glad that you and I once again have the opportunity to look into the Word of God and draw from it power and wisdom to live this day successfully. We began talking about the life of Abram. Today let’s look at the principle of faith that appeared in his life.  God showed Himself to Abram, because He had a vision for his life. We can read about it in Genesis (12:1-4):
“Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.”
We already discussed that God wanted to bless Abram, give him a land, make his name great, to raise through him a great nation so that through this nation the whole world could be blessed. Nevertheless, in order for God to do all of this, Abram had to start cooperating with God. God needed Abram’s faith to fulfil everything He had promised Abram.   Faith is our cooperation with God. It does not matter what God has promised you in this life; He won’t be able to do it unless you demonstrate your faith. For this reason the Bible says that without faith it is impossible to please God (Hebrews, 11: 6). The Word of God says that Abram believed God and God counted it to him for righteousness. 
“Afther these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying: “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.” But Abram said, “Lord God, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!” And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.” Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.”And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.”(Genesis, 15:1-6).
As you see, after God appeared to Abram and promised him an heir, Abram remained childless for quite some time. Abram began doubting whether God would be able to raise a great nation from him. God tried hard to settle his doubts. God tried to get Abram to cooperate with Him and not doubt His promises. And God succeeded, because
„he (Abram) believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness” (Genesis, 15:6).
Today God is pursuing us in the same way; He is trying to get us to cooperate with Him through faith. Faith is accounted to us for righteousness. Today we can say that living without faith is wrong living, because righteousness means to be right before God. A godly life is a life of faith. That is why God wants you to understand that only through faith and by faith will your life be righteous. Please, answer this very important question: «Do you believe that all those impossible situations and challenges facing you today can be changed? »  God desires you to understand that without faith you are not cooperating with God. Without faith it is impossible to see changes in your life. Be strong in faith and you will see that everything in your life will begin to change. We will continue tomorrow.Be blessed! Pastor Rufus Ajiboy

Similar Posts

  • Don’t serve those things over which you, suppose to dominate according to the will of God

    AutorsPastor Rufus Ajiboye Reading Time: 2 minutes
    “ And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: 28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath”In this short statement of Jesus Christ there a very important lesson is hidden for us. God is saying here that the sabbath was made for manand not man for the sabbath.In life it is often possible to observe such a picture where by those things over which man is meant to dominate, are dominating over him instead. This distortion of the order established by God often result in many tragic problems in people’s life today.

  • Sacrifice as a measure of love! IV

    AutorsPastor Rufus Ajiboye Reading Time: 3 minutes
    I want to tell you that singing to God, praising Him, enjoying His presence is not a difficult task at all, if we will only take a moment to reflect or think of His grace. Even when you are having very hard times in life, you can still find something in your life that you can thank God for. Even when you think everything in your life is falling to pieces and your situation is the worst on earth, nevertheless, continue to believe – you simply have not encountered a situation that is worse than yours. But, when you see such a situation, you will find that you live in paradise.

  • Precondition for effective prayer is prayer in practice

    AutorsPastor Rufus Ajiboye Reading Time: 4 minutes
    Prayer must be practiced daily. We will not be able to become masters and professionals in what we do not practice every day. If we do not practice prayer, we will not know how to pray properly. Again I would like to emphasize one truth we spoke of last time. In the life for each of us, once the time comes when most of all we need prayer. But if we do not practice prayer daily, we will not be able to ask and receive the necessary assistance from God at that particular time. May this not happen with us.Prayer changes us and the things that are around us, it changes our world. Everyone can find that a prayer is power, it is a privilege for a believer from God Himself.

  • Do not be discouraged if you feel like God hasn’t yet answered your prayer, keep praying!

    AutorsPastor Rufus Ajiboye Reading Time: 3 minutes
    Maybe you are praying to God and it seems to you that the answer isn’t going to come, maybe you feel like giving up on prayer, you think that prayer doesn’t work. I’ve spoken to people who were praying for a long time and started to disbelieve in the power of prayer as the answers were not immediate. The example of Canaanite woman shows us that it is wrong to think that there is no point in asking God for help. I would like to reassure you that your prayer is heard today! Even today there is magnificent power in prayer!

  • The hope of salvation is the most real protection in the last days

    AutorsPastor Rufus Ajiboye Reading Time: 5 minutes
    Describing the difficulties of the last days, Jesus said that there would be serious shakings and even the powers of heaven would be shaken. He said that there would be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; He predicted fear and perplexity among men, and roaring and storms in the sea. At that time some people will be extremely fearful; there will be fear of calamities, lots of depression; but others will raise their heads, praise God and joyfully expect their redemption, because they will have the hope of salvation.

  • Jesus got to know God´s will and fulfilled His mission

    AutorsPastor Rufus Ajiboye Reading Time: 4 minutes
    For the fact that Jesus got to know God´s will and fulfilled His mission we can enter the presence of God, receive forgiveness of our sins and get answers to our prayers today. It´s important to notice that fate of many people depends on do we or do we not fulfil our mission and God´s will in our lives. In case we fail to accomplish the mission, some people will not enter their fate or the fulfilment of their mission will experience a delay. That´s why Jesus treated God´s will and its fulfilment in the most serious way. The job of His Father who sent Him was the highest priority in Jesus life.