A couple of
years ago Nike came up with the slogan, “Just do it”. I loved it because I was
an athlete in South Africa’s National Taekwondo team. I was light weight in our
national team for almost ten years. I loved it. I loved the adrenaline before the
match and I loved to compete. I won many fights, but I also lost many fights. I
always taught my students that you can lose a fight like a winner or win a
fight and actually lose it. It is the attitude that you compete with and how
you respond to victory and to losing. I did not like losing, but I learned from
it.
Hebrews 11:6
says, “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone
who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who
earnestly seek him”.
The writer of Hebrews goes on here in Hebrews 11 and takes
examples of people in the Bible and how they acted on faith and the result of
this. Much like I have been doing the last few days as we dived into encounters
with God. Today the Holy Spirit points me back to faith and how it is impossible
to please God without faith.
Faith is a lot like the “Just do it” slogan of Nike. Faith is
as we saw the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things unseen. Jesus
walked in that same just do it faith when He ministered here on earth and it is
the same concept that He taught when He said if you ask for it and you believe it
you shall receive it. It is in this same context that He took five loaves of
bread and two fishes and fed over five thousand people. It is by this very same
faith He raised Lazarus from the dead and the same faith Peter used when he
boldly preached the gospel and Paul when he was in prison. It is by this faith
that Moses placed his staff in the red sea, and it is by this same faith we should
walk each day.
We looked at encounters and the importance of walking in a
close relationship with the Holy Spirit. Now the Holy Spirit is saying that it
does not stop there. Now we walk by faith and not by sight. It is this just do
it mentality that will help us to grow in our faith and to trust in the Lord. It
is by boldly stepping out into the world and walking different, acting
differently, speaking differently, feeling different and loving people
differently.
It is by our full and complete surrender to the Holy Spirit
and seeking Him all the time and not just for a few minutes in the morning. When
my world shakes and I start to feel the pressures of this world, I turn to Him.
Hebrews 12:3 (TPT) says, “So consider carefully how Jesus faced such intense
opposition from sinners who opposed their own souls, so that you won’t become
worn down and cave in under life’s pressures”.
This is profound for you and me as we face life’s pressures.
Through Jesus Christ who gives us enough strength to overcome all, we will be
more than conquerors, and we will succeed even when the storm overwhelms us.
My dear
friend, I love you very much and I say this again and I want you to hear it and believe
it. He who is in us, is far greater than he who is in this world and we will
overcome all our battles and the Lord is preparing a table while our enemies are
watching. A table of victory not a table of loss. A table of joy and not a
table of sorrow. A table of abundance and not a table of pain and sorrow. A table
that is full and a cup that overflows. Nothing can separate us from the love of
God, and all things will work out for good. That is a Biblical promise. Just do
it, just have faith.
Have an awesome
day, my friend.
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