“In righteousness shalt thou be
established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear:
and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.”
Isaiah 54:14 (KJV)
If there was ever a time we needed to
get established in righteousness, it is now, when satanic activities are
steadily increasing. Your heart must be guarded with all diligence.
Your heart must be guarded based on the revelation that you have right
standing with God and that God is for you and with you every time, no
matter what. You must be fully persuaded, irrespective of the situation
that you find yourself in, that He is not mad at you.
Let me show you how someone
established in righteousness functions in the midst of battle. In Mark
4:35–41, you will notice that Jesus was in a boat with His disciples.
They were going to the other side of a lake when suddenly they
encountered a great storm of wind; the waves beat into the ship and
began to fill it. Jesus was asleep in the hinder part of the ship. Not
even the storm could wake Him, because His heart was established in
righteousness. Such a person rests with the knowledge that everything
will be alright.
In contrast, notice how fearful the
disciples were. They believed that they were going to perish. When
people expect the worst as children of God it is evidence of their not
being established in righteousness. The disciples panicked. They bailed
out water from the boat and tried every emergency exercise they knew
before it occurred to them to go wake Jesus up. If you look at what they
said to Him, you will clearly understand their state of mind. They did
not wake Him up and tell Him there was a storm. They did not wake Him up
and tell Him they were sinking. No, worse than that, they woke Him up
and charged at Him: careth not that we perish? In other words, we are
perishing and you are sleeping; don’t you care about us? It did not
occur to them that Jesus too was in the boat and that whatever happened
to them would also happen to Him. They were totally consumed by their
fear. I imagine that Jesus woke up with a smile, looked at their
confused faces, and without arguing rebuked the storm. He showed His
supremacy not because He was Jesus, but because He understood what it
meant to be a child of God.
I challenge you today to expect nothing other than good every moment of your life. You are the righteousness of God in Christ.
Further reading: Mark 4:35–41, Romans 10:1–13
No comments:
Post a Comment