Today I want to share from Kenneth E. Hagin's "Faith Food" devotional again! It is so powerful and concise!
A Good Report
"And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it" (Numbers 13:30).
And Joshua...and Caleb...spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.Joshua and Caleb were the two spies who had a good report. They didn't deny that giants were in Canaan; they simply added that the children of Israel would be able to overcome the giants.
If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not.
(Numbers 14:6-9)
"We are well able to overcome them," they said, "for the Lord is with us!" That was their good report.
Similarly, we believers must not stick our heads in the sand like ostriches and deny that problems and difficulties exist in our lives. Yes, the "giants" are there - but we are well able to overcome them, because the Lord is with us!
When you face the giants of life, don't have a negative confession. Don't talk doubt and have an evil report. Faith always has a good report!
Confession: I am well able to overcome the giants in my life - because the Lord is with me! Greater is He who is in me than he who is in the world.
The only question we must ask ourselves, and ANSWER, is: Whose report will YOU believe? Once we know what God's Word says about us, then we must renew our minds by meditating on the promises in the Word so that faith can come. Then we must continue with that meditation so the faith that comes with the Word can grow! AMEN! The choice for how much of God's Word ever manifests in our lives is OURS! God has already given us the instructions! Joshua 1:8(AMPC), John 15:7(AMPC), and 1 John 14-15 all point us to the Word of God for the promises for every area! FIND them, OWN them, SHARE them, and then walk in them, receive from them and TELL THE WORLD about them and HIM! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "Tell The World":
Shalom in Him!