2 Chronicles 20:20-21 Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be able to stand firm..... the king appointed singers to walk ahead of the army, singing to the Lord and praising him for his holy splendor....
We all want to stand firm in our faith because we know when we start to waver and doubt we're miserable and downhearted.
Isaiah 7:9 ..unless your faith is firm I cannot make you stand firm. Here God is saying when we keep firmly believing in Him and His Word He will make us stand firm. I think that is so encouraging but we have our part to play - we have to keep believing what He has said.
In the Chronicles verse the people knew a secret to standing in faith and moving forward to conquer their enemies. They used praise and thanksgiving.
When we praise we take the focus off ourselves and on to our mighty God and all He's done for us and given us in Jesus. When we are thankful to God and rehearse all His goodness to us it encourages us to stand firm and say "God came through for me in the past and I know He will again."
Abraham had learned the same thing. Romans 4:20 He (Abraham) did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God.
He gave glory to God. He thanked Him in advance even before Isaac was conceived. He just believed what God said, mixed faith with it, received it and rejoiced in it before he saw a thing. He waited 25 years before the promise was fulfilled but it says he did not waver!!
Have you ever heard someone preach or read something and it has struck a chord in your heart and you know it's for you? Yet if we don't mix faith with it we'll lose it's benefit and it wont come to pass. It says the same thing in Hebrews 4:2 "...but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.
So can I encourage anyone reading this today to have firm faith in the promises God has made you, and if you've let any of them slide through unbelief, then mix faith with them again, and God will make you stand firm and bring them to pass. For His glory. Amen.
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