Believe His Word

If you wonder why you keep falling—why you continue to feel weak and powerless, doing the very thing you hate—it may be because you have not fully trusted in God’s glorious promises.

God made many promises to Abraham, promises to be his shield and his reward, to defeat all his enemies, and even perform miracles for him such as giving him a child in his old age. Abraham believed these promises, and God said his faith was credited as righteousness.

Likewise, the moment we give up fighting our spiritual enemies in our own strength and start settling in our hearts that God is able to perform whatever he promises, we will see the beginning of our righteousness.

God helps us in this by sending his very own Spirit to take up residence in our hearts. The Holy Ghost is the power of God, and that power declares war on all demonic powers: “…the Spirit [fights] against the flesh…” (Galatians 5:17, NKJV).

The Spirit declares, “This is now my dwelling place, devil. You no longer rule here, and your battle is no longer against my child. You’re up against me now, and I’m going to foil your schemes and fight you on every front. This child is now the temple of the Holy Ghost!”

Walking in the Spirit is not complicated. It is simply believing when God said, “Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh” (Galatians 5:16). Simply put, “Trust in the Holy Ghost. Believe in his pledge to take up your cause, and walk in the power of his promise to fight for you.”

God’s Word gives us an ironclad promise that is a sure cure for all mental anguish: “Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you will keep my judgments and do them” (Ezekiel 36:25-27).

Do you see what God is saying? His Spirit does all the work in you! He will cleanse you and give you a new heart, and then he will bring you into obedience. Your part is to believe that he will keep his word with unwavering faith. Trust your problems, your future, your life, and your sins into the hands of almighty God.