THE LIFE OF FAITH AND THE GLORIOUS CHURCH - 2009
                                                      MARCH 23rd

                                                                    "DISAPPOINTMENT" IS NOT PART OF OUR COVENANT WITH GOD


...."In You our fathers trusted; They trusted and You delivered them. To You they cried out and were delivered; In You they trusted and were not disappointed"....

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Psalms 22:4-5 NASB

...."For this is contained in Scripture: "BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION A CHOICE STONE, A PRECIOUS CORNER stone, AND HE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED"....
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1 Peter 2:6 NASB

            All "disappointment" is the result of a misplaced faith on our part. The Father is perfect and, in coming to a deep revelation of that fact, our task, then, is to "maintain" [on a daily basis] the perfect link of faith and trust in Him [through the gaining of a clear and abiding revelation of His Will] at all cost to ourselves.  If we are faithful to do these things we will NEVER be disappointed - for ALL things will not only come through in His perfect timing, but they will also come through in the fullness which the Father intended. Disappointment is NOT part of our covenant with God - and neither are fear, disgrace, condemnation or humiliation. He desires to be our All-Sufficiency, and He, alone, is faithful and trustworthy to finish the wondrous work that He has begun in us. Let us be those who refuse to place our faith and trust in anything that is apart from the revealed Word [Will] of God. For, as we do, we shall surely come to abide in the "fullness" of our precious Covenant with the Father, in Christ [the "fullness" of salvation] [Psalm 25:10-14] - a necessary prerequisite for all those who would carry out the true Kingdom-service that they are called to in this final hour.

Related Scriptures: Isaiah 50:7; Isaiah 54:4; 2 Timothy 1:7; 1 John 4:18; Romans 8:1-2 [K.J.V.]; Romans 9:33; Romans 10:11;


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