FOR EVERY ACTION THERE IS A REACTION

Action is an act of will: a thing done: the accomplishment of a thing: behavior and conduct.

Reaction is the act of process or an instance of reacting; a response to some treatment, situation, or stimulus.

20 So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you."

As LJG pointed out yesterday, you have to tell the mountain to move. There has to be a action for there to be a reaction. It is you though that has to do it.

So many times we go through things and we ask others to pray for us. It is good to ask others to pray, but it is better to ask them to be in agreement with you. If you ask me to pray and I do not pray in the Spirit, I will pray what I think needs to be prayed. You have a dozen people paying different prayers, no wonder your life is in turmoil.

When you step out in boldness, knowing what your rights are, then you can say to someone be in agreement with me, this mountain is going to move. Your action will bring about the reaction that you desire. How though do we get to the place where we can be this bold?

2 Corinthians 5:17-21 (New King James Version)
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,
19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.
21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

When we ask the Lord into our life, we become a new creature. It is entirely up to us to renew our mind to the Word of God, and use the Word to take control of our bodies. In Romans 12 Paul wrote to the Christians in Rome and instructed them on the renewing of their mind. Their faith was known throughout the world, but they had not learned how to control their minds and bodies with the Word.

In other words they were reacting to actions like the old person that they used to be. These people were believers, they had been recreated, but most of them didn’t know it. They had been made the righteousness of God and so have we.

What righteousness means, is in right standing. It is a free gift of God, provided by Jesus at Calvary through the grace of God. Holiness is your conduct, righteousness is who you are. In Isaiah 64:6 the Bible tells us that in the eyes of God “all our righteousness are as filthy rags…”, what we are speaking of here is we have been given the righteousness of God in Jesus Christ.

We have been put in right standing with God. Jesus is the Mediator between God and man. When we accept Christ we are moved into a position of new birth. We enter into the kingdom of God as God’s very own child and a joint heir with Jesus Christ. With this comes certain privileges, rights, and freedoms that we have as the children of God because we are in right standing with Him.

Because of this we can take action and get the desired reaction. We can say to the mountain, move over there and it will move.

We cannot use what we don’t know we have. Nor, can we use what we don’t know how to use. It is only by reading and studying the Word of God that be can learn to be all that He intends for us to be.

God Bless,
rECj/LJG