You shall establish yourself in righteousness…; you shall be far from even the thought of oppression or destruction, for you shall not fear, and from terror, for it will not come near you. Isaiah 54:13
I am continually amazed at the freedom that the gift of righteousness brings to my heart. When I live in the awareness of who I truly am in Jesus, the devil may try to throw his oppressing, negative thoughts at me, but I simply say, "No! I’m not listening to your lies. I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus and God’s promises are true in my life!"
Psalm 112:6-8 says, “ a righteous man will be remembered forever. He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord. His heart is secure, he will have no fear, in the end he will look in triumph on his foes.”
NO FEAR, SECURITY, and TRIUMPH are the fruit of being established in righteousness. I can live secure and confident in this world because of Jesus!
For the last 15 years, I have continually established my heart in the truth of God’s promises concerning my children. Even though the enemy has used negative circumstances to attempt to oppress me with his lies, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve said, Devil, I’m not listening to your lies! My Heavenly Father has spoken and what He says is true. His Spirit will not depart from my children and His Word will come forth from their lips (Isaiah 59:20,21)
Today I experienced the manifestation of that promise as I watched my children sing about what Jesus says about them in this Youtube video. Listen as 3 of my precious children sing the song, “Talk to the hand devil cuz the heart aint listening. We can all live free from the thought of oppression by being established in the truth that we are the righteouness of God in Christ Jesus and what He says about us is true!
I loved the video they did. It was great!! A your little appearance was a nice touch too. :)
ReplyDeleteJust watched this week's lesson and have to say, "Every time I hear the message of the Good News of Righteousness it makes me more confident in God's great all consuming love for me! I can never hear it enough!! Loved the Scripture, "God will perfect that which concerns you!" Too! How many times have I heard it and preached it and yet it touches the depth of my heart differently every time. Establishing ourselves in the Truth of Righteousness that Jesus provided for us is our life time journey that we have been destined and privileged us to partake in. God is so good I can not contain it all!!!!
Connie, Thank you soo much for your blog on the Living Loved, Living free Bible Study. They bring an even newer perspective to the study. I am loving this. There is such a continued awareness of Gods presence in my life. Thank you for your faithfulness.
ReplyDeleteSusan and Christy, Thank you for your comments. What a blessing to be on this journey together. Thank you for sharing your heart.
ReplyDeleteSo true! If we are oppressed, depressed or stressed, there is a lie in there somewhere. When we are convinced of our righteousness in Jesus, those lies have no power to drag our emotions into the mud. Thanks, Connie!
ReplyDeleteI don't think Jesus is important, because he is a man that died many years ago. Having faith and love for the people that are actually alive today is the most important thing.
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