WHEN HIS WORDS ARE AT HOME IN YOU – Pastor Chris
*Wednesday, April 7, 2021
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you (John 15:7 ESV).
The Wuest translation helps us see that Jesus’ remark in John 15:7 is more of an instruction than a promissory note. He’s commanding you to ask whatever your heart desires. It says, _*“If you maintain a living communion with me and my words are at home in you, I COMMAND YOU TO ASK, AT ONCE, SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF, WHATEVER YOUR HEART DESIRES, AND IT WILL BECOME YOURS.”*_
Can you trust His Word? Yes, you can! Faith is about acting on the integrity of God’s Word. In these challenging times, you can rely on the Word of God. He said, “If you abide in me, and my words are in you, ask what you want, and it shall be done for you.” The Complete Jewish Bible puts it this way: _*“If you remain united with me, and my words with you, then ask whatever you want, and it will happen for you.”*_
All that’s required is for you to abide in Him and for His words to be resident in you. Are the words of Christ at home in you? Or do you set them aside? When His words are at home in you, it’s blessings all the way; victories only; success unlimited.
Colossians 3:16 says, _*“Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly….”*_ When the Word is in you and abides, your faith is built strong; then you’re positioned to make a demand and create the kind of life you want, irrespective of circumstances.
*PRAYER:*
Thank you, precious Father, for your Word to me today! The words of Christ dwell in me richly, and are at home in me. I trust the Word wholeheartedly, and I refuse to be distracted by contrary information or circumstances. Therefore, victory, success, prosperity and divine health are evident in my life because I’ve given myself wholly to the Word, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
*FURTHER STUDY:*
*Hebrews 12:2* Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
*Jeremiah 17:7-8* Blessed [is] the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and [that] spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
*DAILY SCRIPTURE READING:*
1-Year Bible Reading Plan:
Luke 11:14-36 & Judges 3-4
2-Year Bible Reading Plan:
Matthew 27:55-66 & Leviticus 7
