LIVING ASSUREDLY IN YEAR 2024 – THE HOW TO LIVE AND THRIVE: CALLING THOSE THINGS THAT BE NOT AS THOUGH THEY WERE!
“We HAVING the same spirit of FAITH, according as it is written, I BELIEVED, and therefore have I SPOKEN; we also BELIEVE, and therefore SPEAK” 2 Corinthians 4:13.
The signatures of those who were REDEEMED of the Lord God almighty from every KINDRED, and TONGUE, and PEOPLE, and NATION of all kinds, was that they spoke and sang a NEW song to differentiate them from the UNREDEEMED sung they were singing prior to their REDEMPTION. Instead of songs of defeats and failures, they sang from their seated and sitted position of VICTORY and TRIUMPH, OVERCOMER, and MORE THAN CONQUERORS in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. [Ephesians 2:6]. They call to be WHO and WHOM and WHAT they have BECOME of God in Christ Jesus’ stead. What a New way to live in the FULLNESS of our justified status in God, in Christ Jesus.
“And they SUNG A NEW SONG, saying, Thou art WORTHY to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast REDEEMED us to God by thy blood out of every KINDRED, and TONGUE, and PEOPLE, and NATION; 10 and hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth” Revelation 5:9-10.
Our Lord Jesus Christ in humanity, opened His MOUTH to proceed forth with GRACIOUS WORDS that marvelled the people of His time so that they began to question if this is not Joseph’s Son with an alternative to the norm [this was after His returns with power of the fasting and prayers and appearance into the synagogue to announce of His EARTHLY commission plan, purpose and pursuit of Father God for humanity]
“. . . 22 And all bare Him [Jesus] witness, and wondered at the GRACIOUS WORDS which PROCEEDED out of his MOUTH. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?” Luke 4:1-22.
And Moses and Mariam made no mistakes to lead the children of Israel and the women to a GLORIOUSLY and TRIUMPHANTLY songs to declare of the VICTORY songs over Pharaoh [the ENEMY] and the chariot’s [COHORTS] in symbolism that would have them dead at the red sea of life challenges.
“Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and spoke, saying: “I will sing to the Lord, for He has TRIUMPHED GLORIOUSLY! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea! 2 The Lord is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will praise Him; My father’s God, and I will EXALT Him . . . 20 Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 21 And Miriam answered them: “Sing to the Lord, for He has TRIUMPHED GLORIOUSLY! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea!”” Exodus 15:1-2, 20-21.
And in our REDEMPTION, we’ve been MADE TRIUMPHANT in Christ Jesus. And being TRIUMPHANT is the expression of the VICTORY we have of God over the ENEMY and COHORTS. For we’ve been made a more than CONQUEROR [Romans 8:37], an OVERCOMER [Revelation 12:11; 1 John 5:4-5] and victorious [1 Corinthians 15:57]. To enact and authenticate all these and such like, an expression of the glorious TRIUMPH is the answer on what we’ve become of God in the now in Christ Jesus in our redemption.
“When He had DISARMED the rulers and authorities [those supernatural forces of evil operating against us], He made a PUBLIC example of them [EXHIBITING THEM AS CAPTIVES in His TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION], having TRIUMPHED over them through the cross” Colossians 2:8-15/Amplified.
“But THANKS be to God, who always LEADS us in TRIUMPH in Christ, and through us SPREADS and makes EVIDENT EVERYWHERE the sweet FRAGRANCE of the KNOWLEDGE of Him” 2 Corinthians 2:14/Amplified.
The YEAR 2024 is graciously pregnant and is here now to give birth to all sorts as you permit to happen [Matthew 16:19 Amplified; Matthew 18:18 Amplified]. And only God alone in essence, knows the END from the BEGINNING of all about YEAR 2024 for you and I as we stayed on the onward and upward trajectory in REDEMPTION, in everyway of living and doing Life in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. However, He had made all things available about you specifically by the Holy Spirit which He has given to us. Therefore get connected to the person of the Holy Spirit as it’s written:
“But as it is WRITTEN, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have ENTERED into the heart of man, the things which God hath PREPARED for them that LOVE him. 10 But God hath REVEALED them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit SEARCHETH all things, yea, the deep things of God” 1 Corinthians 2:9-10.
“And hope MAKETH not ashamed; because the LOVE of God is SHED [LAVISHED] ABROAD in our HEARTS by the Holy Ghost which is GIVEN unto us” Romans 5:5.
And if you BELIEVED in your set goals as God has always BELIEVED in His, you need to steadily do what Bible FAITH people did to cause their set goals [plan, purpose and pursuit] that they dearly BELIEVED-IN, to come to pass – meaning to reality, fruition and tangibility. Thus indicating to LIVE and THRIVE it’s about “CALLING THOSE THINGS THAT BE NOT AS THOUGH THEY WERE”. And as God did and spoke creation into being, you can by His indwelling gracious Spirit in you, CAUSE to come to be also your earnest desires, when you can POSSIBLY have a believe IN your spirit (heart) being by the WORD of God in your mouth until the earnest desire comes to fruition. That’s the HOW to do life and live godly by faith in the grace of God in Christ Jesus, in scriptural context and concept. [Mark 11:12-14, 20-24; Proverbs 18:20-21. Romans 10:8-13].
Father Abraham did BELIEVED God and called to be, those things that ARE not into reality. The same scenario were done of Elizabeth the Mother of John the Baptist and Mary the Mother of Jesus and many others, untill their UNKNOWN became a REALITY. You can make your YEAR 2024 desired goals as in the plan, purpose and pursuit, to turn out to be good and real, as you begin today, even now, to CALL into being things that be not as though that ARE, as you BELIEVED even as written in the Holy Writ of Romans 4:16-17.
“Therefore it is of FAITH, that it might be by grace; to the end the PROMISE might be SURE to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the FAITH of Abraham; who is the father of us all, 17 (As it is written, I have MADE thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he BELIEVED, even God, who QUICKENETH the DEAD, and CALLETH THOSE THINGS WHICH BE NOT AS THOUGH THEY WERE”
And if we BE and ARE as Abraham seed by Faith in all about our REDEMPTION, we need to EXERCISE the enabling grace and wisdom of God as He did to ENACT and AUTHENTICATE our FAITH in Him, into reality and tangibility.
“Even as Abraham BELIEVED God, and it was ACCOUNTED to him for righteousness. 7 Know ye therefore that THEY which ARE of FAITH, the SAME ARE the children of Abraham. 8 And the scripture, FORESEEING that God would JUSTIFY the heathen through FAITH, PREACHED before the GOSPEL unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be BLESSED. 9 So then THEY which be of FAITH ARE blessed with FAITHFUL Abraham . . .” Galatians 3:6-9, 13-14, 26-29.
I wish you the fruitiness of Year 2024. And may God’s enabling grace, wisdom and speed in every way in His BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.
SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
“We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I BELIEVED, and therefore have I SPOKEN; we also BELIEVE, and therefore SPEAK” 2 Corinthians 4:13.
“Therefore it is of FAITH, that it might be by grace; to the end the PROMISE might be SURE to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the FAITH of Abraham; who is the father of us all, 17 (As it is written, I have MADE thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he BELIEVED, even God, who QUICKENETH the DEAD, and CALLETH THOSE THINGS WHICH BE NOT AS THOUGH THEY WERE. 18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. 19 And being NOT WEAK IN FAITH, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb: 20 He STAGGERED not at the promise of God through UNBELIEF; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; 21 And BEING FULLY PERSUADED that, what he had promised, he was ABLE also to PERFORM” Romans 4:16-21.
“And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe LEAPED in her womb; and Elisabeth was FILLED with the Holy Ghost: 42 and she spake out with a loud voice, and said, BLESSED art thou among women, and BLESSED is the fruit of thy womb. 43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. 45 And BLESSED is she that BELIEVED: for there shall be a PERFORMANCE of those things which were told her from the Lord” Luke 1:41-45.
“Even as Abraham BELIEVED God, and it was ACCOUNTED to him for righteousness. 7 Know ye therefore that THEY which are of FAITH, the SAME are the children of Abraham. 8 And the scripture, FORESEEING that God would JUSTIFY the heathen through FAITH, preached before the GOSPEL unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be BLESSED. 9 So then THEY which be of FAITH are blessed with faithful Abraham . . .13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: 14 that the BLESSING of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the PROMISE of the Spirit through FAITH . . . 26 For ye ARE all the children of God by FAITH in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is NEITHER Jew nor Greek, there is NEITHER bond nor free, there is NEITHER male nor female: for ye ARE all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if ye be Christ’s, then ARE ye Abraham’s seed, and HEIRS according to the PROMISE” Galatians 3:6-9, 13-14, 26-29.
“But what saith it? The WORD is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, THE WORD OF FAITH, which we PREACH; 9 that if thou shalt CONFESS with thy MOUTH the Lord Jesus, and shalt BELIEVE in thine HEART that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the HEART man believeth unto righteousness; and with the MOUTH CONFESSION is made unto SALVATION. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 12 For there is no DIFFERENCE between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is RICH unto all that CALL upon him. 13 For whosoever shall CALL upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” Romans 10:8-13.
“A man’s belly shall be SATISFIED with the FRUIT OF HIS MOUTH; and with the INCREASE of his LIPS shall he be FILLED. 21 Death and life are in the POWER of the TONGUE: and they that love it shall EAT the FRUIT thereof” Proverbs 18:20-21.
“Thou art SNARED with THE WORDS of thy MOUTH, thou art taken with THE WORDS of thy MOUTH” Proverbs 6:2.
“Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, LET US HOLD FAST OUR PROFESSION [CONFESSION, DECLARATION, PROCLAMATION]. 15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need” Hebrews 4:14-16.
“And they OVERCAME him by the blood of the Lamb, and by THE WORD OF THEIR TESTIMONY; and they loved not their lives unto the death” Revelation 12:11.
“Now THANKS be to God who ALWAYS LEADS [CAUSES] us in TRIUMPH in Christ, and through us DIFFUSES [SPREADS, REVEALS] THE FRAGRANCE of His KNOWLEDGE in EVERY PLACE” 2 Corinthians 2:14/NKJV.
“Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and spoke, saying: “I will sing to the Lord, for He has TRIUMPHED GLORIOUSLY! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea! 2 The Lord is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will praise Him; My father’s God, and I will EXALT Him . . . 20 Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 21 And Miriam answered them: “Sing to the Lord, for He has TRIUMPHED GLORIOUSLY! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea!”” Exodus 15:1-2, 20-21.
“Beware lest any man SPOIL you through PHILOSOPHY and VAIN deceit, after the TRADITION of men, after the RUDIMENTS of the world, and not after Christ. 9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 10 And ye are COMPLETE in him, which is the head of all PRINCIPALITY and POWER: 11 in whom also ye are CIRCUMCISED with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the CIRCUMCISION of Christ: 12 BURIED with him in baptism, wherein also ye ARE risen with him through the faith of the OPERATION of God, who hath raised him from the dead. 13 And you, being DEAD in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he QUICKENED together with him, having FORGIVEN you all trespasses; 14 BLOTTING OUT THE HANDWRITING OF ORDINANCES that was AGAINST us, which was CONTRARY to us, and took it out of the way, NAILING it to his cross; 15 and HAVING SPOILED PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS, HE MADE A SHEW OF THEM OPENLY, TRIUMPHING OVER THEM IN IT” Colossians 2:8-15.
“You CROWN THE YEAR with Your GOODNESS, and Your paths drip with ABUNDANCE. 12 They drop on the pastures of the wilderness, and the little hills rejoice on every side. 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered with grain; they SHOUT for JOY, they also SING” Psalms 65:11-13/NKJV.
“This is the DAY the Lord has MADE; we will REJOICE and be GLAD in it” Psalms 118:24/NKJV.
“GIVING THANKS to the Father who has QUALIFIED us to be PARTAKERS of the inheritance of the saints in the light. 13 He has DELIVERED us from the power of darkness and CONVEYED [TRANSLATED] us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have REDEMPTION through His blood, the FORGIVENESS of sins” Colossians 1:12-14/NKJV.
“But THANKS be to God, which GIVETH us the VICTORY through our Lord Jesus Christ” 1 Corinthians 15:57.
“For whatsoever is born of God OVERCOMETH THE WORLD: and this is the VICTORY that OVERCOMETH THE WORLD, even our FAITH. 5 Who is he that OVERCOMETH THE WORLD, but he that BELIEVETH that Jesus is the Son of God?” 1 John 5:4-5.
“And they OVERCAME him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the WORD OF THEIR TESTIMONY; and they loved not their lives unto the death” Revelation 12:11.
“And I fell at his feet to WORSHIP Him. And he said unto me, See thou DO IT NOT: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the TESTIMONY of Jesus: WORSHIP God: for the TESTIMONY of Jesus is the spirit of PROPHECY” Revelation 19:10.
“So we have the PROPHETIC WORD made MORE CERTAIN [ASSURED]. You do well to pay [close] attention to it as to a LAMP SHINING in a DARK PLACE, until the DAY DAWNS and light breaks through the GLOOM and the MORNING STAR ARISES in your hearts. 20 But understand this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of or comes from ONE’S OWN [PERSONAL OR SPECIAL] interpretation, 21 for no prophecy was ever MADE by an act of human will, but men MOVED by the Holy Spirit SPOKE from God” 2 Peter 1:19-21/Amplified.
“But the PATH of the just (righteous) is like the LIGHT OF DAWN, That shines brighter and brighter until [it reaches its FULL STRENGTH and GLORY in] the perfect day” Proverbs 4:18/Amplified
“He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted ETERNITY [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end” Ecclesiastes 3:11/Amplified
REV. CHUKIE MORSI