Banquet your faith upon God’s own word, and whatever your fears or wants, repair to the Bank of Faith with your Father’s note of hand, saying, “Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
~ C. H. Spurgeon
For if we have been united with Him in a death like His, we shall certainly be united with Him in a resurrection like His. We know that our old self was crucified with Him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. For one who has died has been set free from sin. Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over Him. For the death He died he died to sin, once for all, but the life He lives He lives to God. So you also must reckon yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
~ from Romans 6
Oh beloved, it is true. Everything in Him is yes and amen. We serve and love and live in a G_d who is absolutely trustworthy.
What if we banked on it? What if we just cranked the knob on the console up to 12, ripped it off and threw it away? What if we looked at Scripture like it was the actual words of the actual G_d of the universe? And that this same G_d would deliver on His promises?
Oh my.
Yeah. What if?
Some have tried it. Do we (do you) have any idea what they found?
Here is a start of the list…
More of Him.
Less of us.
Jaw-dropping Freedom from fear and sin and doubt and worry.
Tangible power to actually begin doing good in this world.
Joy beyond any measure we know.
Strength to handle every situation.
Growing Love for all people.
Unassailable peace in the fiercest of storms.
Noble wisdom.
True virtue.
The power of the Gospel is available to all who would believe. But therein lies the rub, doesn’t it? We gotta believe.
What if?
