Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 2:
7 Throughout the coming ages we will be the visible display of the infinite riches of His grace and kindness, which was showered upon us in Jesus Christ. 8 For by grace you have been saved by faith. Nothing you did could ever earn this salvation, for it was the Love gift from God that brought us to Christ! 9 So no one will ever be able to boast, for salvation is never a reward for good works or human striving.
10 We have become His poetry, a re-created people that will fulfill the destiny He has given each of us, for we are joined to Jesus, the Anointed One. Even before we were born, God planned in advance our destiny and the good works we would do to fulfill it!
Grace was FATHER’S part, faith is our positive response to HIS grace. One without the other will not fulfill our destiny. GOD’S grace came 2,000 years ago before we were formed in the womb therefore we can have no claim to earning HIS grace. We must focus on walking in faith by Love in order to activate those deposits given to us by HIS grace. We have to access grace by our faith.
Paul expressed this Truth by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 5:
1 Our faith in Jesus transfers God’s righteousness to us and He now declares us flawless in His eyes. This means we can now enjoy true and lasting peace with God, all because of what our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One, has done for us (by HIS Grace). 2 Our faith guarantees us permanent access into this marvelous kindness that has given us a perfect relationship with God. What incredible joy bursts forth within us as we keep on celebrating our hope of experiencing God’s glory!
Faith is not getting FATHER to do some petition which HE may or may not fulfill. Faith is responding to what HE has already provided for our benefit. This is why it is so important to receive the revelation and enlightenment on what deposits are on the inside of us already. FATHER’S Divine Intent is not based on some new petition submitted by us. HE fully anticipated our needs and desires prior to us being formed in the womb. The adversary would have us believe the opposite so don’t get caught in his snare.
Faith only appropriates what FATHER has provided by HIS grace. The word appropriate means: To set apart for, or assign to a particular use, in exclusion of all other uses. FATHER has specifically given each of us a provision for our individual vision. HE is not going to give us something other than that provision so we need to gain revelation of what is contained in the provision and respond in faith.
If we are expecting something outside our specific provision, it is a soulish expectation. This is why we need to be transformed by the renewing of our mind. As we are fully led by THE SPIRIT, our faith will only expect the provision which has been placed on deposit within us and we will be fully satisfied with its manifestation.
FATHER has anticipated our every need throughout our life and provided for the solution to fully satisfy the need. We simply need to access the solution deposited on the inside of us and bring forth the manifestation by faith.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 4:
1 Now the promise of entering into God’s rest is still for us today. So we must be extremely careful to ensure that we all embrace the fullness of that promise and not fail to experience it. 2 For we have heard the good news of deliverance just as they did, yet they didn’t join their faith with the Word. Instead, what they heard didn’t affect them deeply, for they doubted. 3 For those of us who believe, faith activates the promise and we experience the realm of confident rest! For He has said,
“I was grieved with them and made a solemn oath,
‘They will not enter into My rest.’ ”
God’s works have all been completed from the foundation of the world, 4 for it says in the Scriptures,
And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.
5 And again, as stated before,
They will not enter into My rest.
6 Those who first heard the good news of deliverance failed to enter into that realm of faith’s rest because of their unbelieving hearts. Yet the fact remains that we still have the opportunity to enter into the faith-rest life and experience the fulfillment of the promise! 7 For God still has ordained a day for us to enter into called “Today.” For it was long afterwards that God repeated it in David’s words,
“If only today you would listen to His voice
and do not harden your hearts!”
8 Now if this promise of “rest” was fulfilled when Joshua brought the people into the land, God wouldn’t have spoken later of another “rest” yet to come. 9 So we conclude that there is still a full and complete Sabbath-rest waiting for believers to experience. 10 As we enter into God’s faith-rest life we cease from our own works, just as God celebrates his finished works and rests in them. 11 So then we must be eager to experience this faith-rest life, so that no one falls short by following the same pattern of doubt and unbelief.
When we fully understand FATHER’S grace which only requires us to respond by faith, we will enter into the faith-rest life. We don’t need to struggle any longer once we get the revelation of what has been deposited within us awaiting activation by our faith. Let us join in FATHER’S celebration of our eyes being opened to this revelation of the faith-rest life!