{"id":6045,"date":"2015-12-09T14:02:32","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T14:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=6045"},"modified":"2015-12-09T14:02:32","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T14:02:32","slug":"be-steadfast-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=6045","title":{"rendered":"BE STEADFAST"},"content":{"rendered":"

FAITH CAPSULE:<\/strong> One who is self-full cannot be possibly steadfast.<\/p>\n

Luke 5:1-32<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jesus was teaching when He stated, \u201cNot everyone who says to Me, \u2018Lord, Lord,\u2019 shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.\u201d (Matthew 7:21)
\n<\/em><\/strong>Does that sound like you?
\nThe will of Father is to serve by following Jesus fully.
\nIs it your desire to serve God by following Jesus fully?
\nTo follow Him fully (to serve God) demands to be steadfast.
\nOne who is self-full cannot be word full.
\nFollowing fully is not a one time or a on and off engagement.
\nFollowing the word demands to be steadfast which is to be fixed in direction, firm in purpose and fixed in intensity.
\nTo be steadfast in following the living word of God is not a self-satisfying engagement and one who is self-full cannot be possibly steadfast.
\nKing David realized the importance and the need for one to be steadfast when he called on God in Psalm 51:10, \u201cCreate in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.\u201d
\n<\/em><\/strong>A steadfast spirit is what caused Caleb and Joshua to follow God fully. Caleb and Joshua refused to flow with the crowd confessing negative against the word of God which promised them a land that flows with milk and honey. They followed the word fully and confessed positive in the face of Moses and all the people. By virtue of their positive confession, God declared, \u201cMy servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it.\u201d (Numbers 14:24)<\/em><\/strong> One who follows the commanding word of God follows God fully.
\nAt the time of God\u2019s calling of Elisha through Elijah, \u201c\u2026He left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, \u2018Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.\u2019 And he said to him, \u2018Go back again, for what have I done to you?\u2019 So Elisha turned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them and boiled their flesh, using the oxen\u2019s equipment, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah, and became his servant.\u201d (1 Kings 19:20-21)
\n<\/em><\/strong>Elisha left all behind when he answered God\u2019s calling. In answering, Elisha demonstrated steadfastness. He emptied self by getting rid of all that could have held him back. Elisha used his oxen\u2019s equipment as a boiler to boil the slaughtered oxen. Elisha followed the business of the Kingdom steadfastly. Whatever man cannot forsake for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven is what will cause Heaven to forsake man from becoming a qualified candidate for the Kingdom of Heaven.
\nBe steadfast in following fully and be rewarded in Him.<\/p>\n

Prayer for today:<\/strong> Ask God to create in you a clean heart and renew a steadfast spirit within you. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FAITH CAPSULE: One who is self-full cannot be possibly steadfast. Luke 5:1-32 Jesus was teaching when He stated, \u201cNot everyone who says to Me, \u2018Lord, Lord,\u2019 shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.\u201d (Matthew 7:21) Does that sound like you? The will of Father is … Continue reading BE STEADFAST<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6046,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6045\/revisions\/6046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}