For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” Mark 10:45.
Today your LORD (יהוה) God (אלהים) says:
Jesus came to serve you, not to be served. I so loved you that I GAVE you My Son so you who believe in Him would not perish but have eternal life and so you who have received Him as Lord can live your life through Him. John 3:16; 1 John 4:9. You can be fruitful in Him as He was in Me. I anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and power and He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed of the devil.
He is the Vine and I am the Vine dresser. You attach to Him and you are a branch on that wondrous Vine that is full of all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge and is My glory. And you own the Vine you are attached to. The vine you join with becomes your own and you produce that fruit. And the Vine of Christ is serving you, working for you and in you to give you all you need for life and godliness to be fruitful so that you prosper and succeed. Joshua 1:7-9. I am at work even unto now and so is My Word. I work by My Word.
You determine what you attach to and what you draw into your life, and that determines what your life produces. Fruitfulness produces youthfulness, fresh and full of the Spirit. Or you can be a dry or withered branch good for nothing but fuel for the fire. Put My Word to work and it will produce a harvest. I give you seed. That is how you take dominion and how you produce. Sap, seed, light, power for production at the highest level. Live life to the maximum by the input you draw in. That will change everything in your life.
You want to blossom and bear fruit that endures unto life eternal but you can only do that by what you choose to receive, build upon, draw on, root and grow in, and abide in. Where you are planted makes a difference in your fruitfulness and longevity.
But how do you attach and how do you draw out what you need? Only one way and that is what I want to talk about now. It is what pleases Me that makes you fruitful before Me, not just what you think pleases Me from your or other’s philosophies or ideas about Me, but what I tell you in My Word.
But Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God.” Matthew 22:29
First, let Me ask you a question: What was the only thing Jesus complimented people for and was thrilled with? And in a similar vein: What made the miracles He did effective? Yes, you know the answer: the faith of the person receiving. In seeing and hearing Him you see and hear Me. What did He tell you He is looking for?
When the Son of Man comes will He find faith on the earth? Luke 18:8.
I am looking for faith. I always have. That was why I credited Abraham, your father in the faith, as righteous. He had faith in My Word.
For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith. Romans 4:13.
For this reason it is by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the descendants, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all. Romans 4:16.
Even though Abraham was elderly when he decided to follow Me where I showed him to go, he went by faith. When I promised him a child by his wife Sarah, they were both old and had never been able to have children. Why should it work when they were old if it had not when they were young? But Abraham looked past the circumstances, kept his eyes off his body and that of Sarah, and looked at Me. And with respect to My promise, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to Me, being fully assured that what I had promised, I was well able to perform. Romans 4:16-20.
Actions done without love have no merit but actions done without faith are sin.
Whatever is not from faith is sin. Romans 14:23.
The righteous shall live by faith and if he draws back I have no pleasure in Him. That is clear to show you what pleases Me above everything else.
But My righteous one shall live by faith; and if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him. Hebrews 10:38.
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “But the righteous man shall live by faith.” Romans 1:17.
Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, “The righteous man shall live by faith.” Galatians 3:11.
Your whole future for eternity, your life now, your health, your provision, your victory over the trials of life depend on only ONE thing: your faith in Me and the one who I sent to save you, Jesus Christ.
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” John 3:16.
Without faith you have nothing, with faith you have everything for life and godliness. To hear from Me, to walk with Me, to live forever with Me you must believe that I exist and that I reward those who seek Me. Hebrews 11:6. And the greater your faith, the greater your life, and the more you please Me.
And He said to them, “Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.” Matthew 17:20.
What was the only thing that would upset Jesus while on earth? What was the only thing He reprimanded His disciples for? Lack of faith.
He said to them, “Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm. Matthew 8:26.
But Jesus, aware of this, said, “You men of little faith, why do you discuss among yourselves that you have no bread?” Matthew 16:8.
And He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?” Mark 4:40.
Hard hearts grieved Jesus because hard hearts are faithless hearts. Why? They will not allow My Word into their hearts to plant and grow. They reject it. They are proud and think they know better than I, their creator and savior, but actually they have fallen into the captivity of the unclean spirit of rebellion which works among the sons of disobedience, which blinds their minds and takes them prisoner to hell. And if you allow that demon into your life it will destroy you, both now and forever.
“Behold, as for the proud one, his soul is not right within him; but the righteous will live by faith.” Habakkuk 2:4.
Jesus had complete faith and trust in Me and I called Him, “My Beloved Son in whom I was well pleased.” My Will prospered in His hands. His heart was wide open to Me and let no evil enter. He is meek and humble of heart and yet He is the most powerful person who ever walked the earth. Why? There is power in My Words said with faith. He is the faithful witness and My great “Amen” to you.
Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you—unless indeed you fail the test? 2 Corinthians 13:5.
There is only one victory that overcomes the world, the flesh and the devil and I think you know what it is by now. Yes, faith in Me. The faith that comes from taking Jesus as your Lord and being born again of My imperishable Word.
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.1 John 5:4.
And faith works by love.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love. Galatians 5:6.
The strongest faith is the one that John who called himself the “disciple Jesus loved” stood upon to overcome all obstacles and no one could harm him or take his life from him for he walked in the glory. What kind of faith is that? Let him tell you:
We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.1 John 4:16.
Faith comes by hearing, what you listen to, plant in, and look at will form your beliefs, and input makes output. Faith that pleases Me comes by hearing, speaking (enforcing), and doing My Word. Faith is the assurance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. By it the men of old gained approval and it is the same today. Hebrews 11:1-2. I am the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Great faith was simply those who believed that what I promised I would perform and had no anxiety that My Word would not work. Does that describe you? Are you, like My servant Paul, content in any and every circumstance because you know Me in whom you have believed and that I will work everything together for your good because you love Me and have been called by Me for the noble purpose of carrying out My Will for your life, which you find in My Word?
Now can you answer the question: What is the most fruitful life? The life of faith.
And Jesus answered saying to them, “Have faith in God. Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him. Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you. Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions. Mark 11:22-25.
Faith in Me and faith Me alone. And that is eternal life: to know Me and the One I sent, Jesus Christ. And the only way you know us is by faith in My Word.
I love you. Believe that and you will go far in this life and the next. Bring the beauty and benefits of My Kingdom to earth by simply doing My Will on earth as it is done in Heaven, that is, the life of faith that permits no hindrance.
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, think and dwell on these things. The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. Philippians 4:4-9.