I am mature in Christ and I am no longer an infant. I know this to be true for I have learned all this through walking with and experiencing God over the last 35 years. I no longer can lay claim to a lack of knowledge of God, but only a lack of submission to Him. For I know now that faith is a redirecting of my sight, a getting out of the focus of my own vision and getting God into focus. It is not faith in me through Christ, but rather faith in Christ period. I don’t need to produce faith in me for that is not the goal.
I am able to say with confidence that….
I believe that God is who He says He is.
I believe that Jesus died for my sins to reconcile me before God.
I believe that I will be with God in all eternity.
I believe in God’s provision.
I believe that God has overcome the world.
I believe in all of God’s ways.
I believe He can and will restore my sanity.
I believe God is good and only good can come from Him for He is without sin.
I believe God asks me to work but not to worry.
I believe God will guide my steps if I submit to Him.
I know the pathway to God.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Apart from Jesus, I can do nothing.
That I am in desperate need of a savior.
That God never leaves me or has ever forsaken me and is faithful.
That God’s ways are only good and always best for me.
That I am forgiven.
That He is still working in my life.
That I am truly wretched and self-centered.
That I need God daily.
That He provides for me and protects me.
That by creation alone I know Him.
That all I desire is grace.
That His word is the truth.
That I can’t even begin to imagine all He can do.
That even my breath in my lungs is His.
That He has made this day and every day.
That I am loved by God.
There is power in prayer.
That He died for the sin that I did yesterday, the ones that I will do today, and the ones that I will do tomorrow.
That nothing in this world can separate me from God’s love.
That each day His mercies are new.
That trouble will come to me. I don’t have to go looking for it and yet, Christ has overcome all the trouble in the world.
That when I give, I receive more.
When I trust God, I feel His peace.
I know that God is always present with me.
That God is faithful and just.
There is no condemnation that comes from God.
That He works all things for good according to His purpose in my life and those who love Him.
That His ways are always, 100% of the time, better than mine.
I do not understand everything and do not need to.
The fruits of the spirit are my guide to the condition of my heart.
That God does not care what I do for a living, but only cares about the condition of my heart, for He knows when this is right, whatever I do, it will be to glorify Him.
Today, 35 years after accepting Jesus as my savior, I am grateful for His continued work in my life, transforming me into His likeness. As I mature in Christ, I become less, and He becomes more.
Stop today long enough to ask yourself, what don’t you already know about Jesus?
If you are at the beginning of your journey, then drink in all you can. Should you have walked with Him for a great length of time, then lay claim to what you know to be true.
1 Peter 2:2
2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation.
1 Corinthians 14:20
20 Brothers and sisters stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.
Galatians 6:14
14 May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
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