It Takes Faith To Believe That God Sees You Righteous.

21/01/25

Gospel Corner

JOEL OSTEEN MINISTRIES
Today’s Word

Today’s Scripture
And the LORD said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.” Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward.
1 Samuel 16:12–13, ESV

Let Today Be the Day.
God chose a teenaged shepherd named David to become the next king of Israel. David didn’t come from royalty. His family was poor. His father had no influence in the nation. David had no training or experience beyond the shepherds’ fields. His father hadn’t even called him into the house as a possible choice from among his eight sons. Imagine how David felt when Samuel anointed him and told him that he was God’s chosen one. It didn’t make sense. He knew that if he showed up at the palace, they would have said, “Who is this stranger? He has no qualifications.”

Maybe you feel like David. You know God’s calling is on you, but you’re a stranger. Will you do as David did and believe that you are chosen? Don’t go through life handpicked by the Creator, with seeds of greatness, redeemed and forgiven, but never step up to who you were created to be. Let today be the day you say, “This is new to me, but I’m going to live fully as a child of the Most High God.”

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that people don’t determine my calling or my destiny, but You do. Thank You that You see my potential, my faithfulness, and my integrity. I believe that You have things in my future that are beyond what I’ve ever asked for or imagined. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

SECTION TWO

As humans, not only do we have a propensity to zoom in on every little flaw in our physical and emotional makeup, but we also have a tendency to know, remember, and replay in our minds the sins, failings, and mistakes we have made. We condemn ourselves for even our smallest flaws instead of focusing on how God really sees us—perfect in Christ.

This is why it takes faith to believe that God sees you righteous. It takes faith to believe that He does not see you in your sins, that He does not observe sin or iniquity in you. It takes faith to believe that He means what He says when He says, “For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more” (Heb. 8:12). It takes faith to believe that God will not remember your failings and mistakes!

But Pastor Prince, my sins are staring right at me. How can I have faith to believe that God doesn’t see them?

My friend, the key to faith is found in looking to the source of faith—Jesus. As the Bible says, “fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith” (Heb. 12:2 NASB). Your faith to believe is found in Jesus!

The Amplified Bible puts it this way: “Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection].”

In other words, turn your eyes away from your own flaws, imperfections, failings, and mistakes, and just fix your eyes on Jesus. The more you see Jesus and His finished work, the more faith arises in your heart to believe that all your sins are truly forgiven.

You can start on a clean slate and have a brand-new beginning in Christ. The old is gone, and the new has come!

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