problem-based faith

At times the Lord examines our hearts to fine-tune its contents. And so this is how the following word of prophecy came to be.

"You have problem-based faith. You think faith is for solving problems. You think of problems ahead of time and have faith to solve them. That is why you are always working on problems. Your faith isn’t needed once the problem is gone, or the victory is won.

Faith is identifying with God. Abraham identified with God and was His friend. He wanted what God wanted. You think it was obedience that caused Abraham to follow God. But it was identifying with God and wanting Him with all His heart that took him to God’s promises. He did not work on problems, but rejoiced in the relationship and enjoyed the journey of his life.

The men of faith didn’t see the harvest as a problem to solve or a feat to accomplish. They didn’t wait to have joy, neither were they sad when their victories were over. For their faith was based in wanting Me, and in wanting Me, they became like Me.

Jesus was a Man of joy, not a man of strategy. He was not solving the world’s problems nor fixing those things that brought trouble to the earth. He set men and women free to walk as children of the Father, adopted into His family, to become like Him. Jesus inhabited men so that they could taste what it was to be near to God, and to desire what He desired. Jesus wanted all men to have wisdom and authority, honor and talent. He wanted men to identify with God, and so be whom He created them to be. And this is faith; to walk with God." Amen.