MELT MY 💕 Daily Dose - Hebrews 11:6 - Faith is NOT the belief that God will do what you want...

MELT MY 💕 Daily Dose - Hebrews 11:6 (NLT)

'And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.'

My morning devotional today is on 'The Rewards of Faith,' and in all these years that I have studied the meaning of Faith and tried my best to apply it to my everyday life, I have to admit today's devotional was an 'AHA moment' for me because for some reason I finally got it!  It could also be that sometimes through the storms in life, we form a closer and disciplined relationship with God understanding and trusting his word more diligently.  Either way, I thank God and I am happy to share it with you today. 

The quote from the devotional referenced below,  'Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want BUT that God will do what is right' was my wow factor.  Now I have heard this quote almost all my life but for some reason it hit me today💡.  Often times with our faith, we ask God for something, have faith that it will be done, and once it does not come through or not as we wanted, we tend to stray from his word or have doubts. 

ACCEPTING whatever is God's plan for our life once we ask is truly the key and is one of the hardest things to accept, even though most will not admit...  I Pray for God's strength as we continue to build our relationship with him.  See below for the rest of the devotional. 

Happy New Year & have a Blessed Day💕

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The first reward faith gives you is access to God. Romans 5:2 affirms this, "By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand and rejoice in hope of the glory of God." Ephesians 3:11-12 also underscores it, "According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him."

💡Faith is the key that opens the door to God's presence. Without faith we cannot please God nor walk with Him. Faith provides the new and living way. It enables you to go to the throne of grace with confidence and to receive mercy grace and help from God. Therefore, I encourage you to make your faith active, grow and productive.

The second reward of faith for a believer is God's love. When you believe in Jesus Christ and make Him your Lord and Saviour, you will become an object of God's unfeigned, unconditional, perfect, and everlasting love. In John 16:27, Jesus said, "For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God." One of the benefits of God's love for the believer is sonship. The Bible says, "What manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God" (1 John 3:1). Faith makes you a son or daughter of God, and that status gives you access to all the privileges and blessings of the Kingdom of God.

I encourage you to increase and strengthen your faith this year. Also make it highly productive, and all its benefits will manifest in your life. You will be a bigger bundle of testimony this year, in Jesus' name. Amen!

Ref: Olukoya, Dr. D. K. . Mountain Top Life Devotional 2022 (p. 74). Mountain of Fire andMiracles Ministries