Devotion 109

Joh 14:12-14
(12) Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
(13) And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
(14) If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

Mat 17:20
(20) And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

The Lord has been speaking to me lately about the position that we have in Christ and I realize that we are walking far below our created destiny. Jesus said that we will do greater works than He did while He was on earth and He went further to say that nothing will be impossible for us. If I look at our lives I still see many things that are seemingly impossible to us and I often wondered what the problem was. There can only be two answers to this question; either Jesus lied or we are not getting it. I know that Jesus never lies so we must be the problem.

We have an inferiority complex as humans because of sin and it hinders us to confidently pray and ask Jesus for something. It is as if there is this shadow in the back of our heads that accuses us and convinces us we are not worthy of receiving this request. Jesus reconciled us to the Father and there is now no more condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus (Rom 8:1). We can come boldly before the Throne of grace and make our requests known to God because we are righteous through Jesus Christ.

If we pray from a guilt perspective (law, works) then faith cannot operate as it was designed to operate from a position of righteousness. We HAVE BEEN MADE RIGHTEOUS by Jesus Christ. Accept it now. You cannot operate a Windows based computer program from Mac or Linux and in the same way you cannot try to operate in faith from the wrong platform. Jesus died to get us on the right platform, don’t despise His work by allowing guilt and condemnation to separate you from the Father. See yourself today as reconciled and one with the Father through Jesus, not by your own effort and works, but purely because of the finished work of Christ.

We have the same Holy Spirit that Jesus had and therefore we can do what Jesus did while on earth. The Word of God on our lips is just as powerful as the Word of God on Jesus’ lips. This might sound presumptuous to you, but I tell you that this is the position we have before God. We are one with the Father and one with Jesus through the Holy Spirit so let the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead empower you to enforce the authority of Jesus over sickness, death and the curse. Show His power and might to those around you and know that nothing is impossible if you believe this.