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Faith to Possess our Promise


Hebrews 11:1-3 – “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.”

In a recent time of prayer the Lord spoke the following five promises to me about this coming year and beyond:

1.    Recompense – Repayment with indemnification.
2.    Re-open doors – Doors that have been closed will re-open beginning this year.
3.    Reconnecting and New Relationships – We must pray for our destiny helpers.
4.    Removal of Reproaches – God is going to roll away the reproach of Egypt.
5.    Rewrite your story - There are many who are going to experience a re-write this year.

How do we enter into these prophetic promises for 2020 and beyond?  How do we embrace these five promises for this season? We enter into them on our knees in prayer and in the fear of God. The latter part of Joshua 3:4 reads, “You have not passed this way before.” 

To enter these promises we must allow the Lord to sovereignly direct our steps.  Psalms 37:23 says, “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way.”  We must allow the Holy Spirit to lead us.  Romans 8:14 says, “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.”

Phillip Yancey defines faith as “believing in advance something that will only seem logical when seen in reverse.”  We need to allow the Lord to position us by faith to enter into the promises of this new year and beyond.  The Apostle Peter penned these words in 2 Peter 1:4, “by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” Our challenge is to embrace every promise from the Lord by faith.

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