Word for the Week July 21-28
By: Cascille
"If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all."
Isaiah 7:9
Many times throughout the Word of God, we are exhorted to stand and to stand firm (Ex.14:13, 2 Chron. 20:17,
Is. 7:9, Ro. 14:4, 1 Cor. 15:58, 1 Cor. 16:13, Gal. 5:1, Eph. 6:14, 2 Thes. 2:15, James 5:8, Luke 21:19, 1 Peter 5:9 to name
a few). God would not continue to exhort us to stand firm if many things were not going to assail our faith in attempt
to knock us down. The enemy does not care about your losses (the loss of a loved one, job, dream, ministry-the list
goes on). For example, he does not need your job but if he can take your job he will have a better chance
at dismantling your faith. If he takes your faith, he can destroy you, for it is only by faith that we stand.
"For in Him we live and move and have our being." Acts 17:28
We stand on the only foundation which has already been laid, which is Jesus Christ.
That is why when challenges come, we must stand on the solid foundation we have which is Jesus. "For no one can
lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ." 1 Cor. 3:11
Paul said in 2 Cor. 4:7-11,
"But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down
but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed
in our body."
Today, whatever you are facing, the word to you is stand. Just
stand. If you have received Jesus as Savior, He is your foundation and you will not be thrown off if you stand firm
on your faith in Him and do not be moved.
