Understanding the principle we must follow to operate effectively in the Kingdom of God.

We must believe what Jesus has declared about Himself, receive what He has accomplished, and draw near to Him with full assurance of faith.

Main Theme: is that our assurance must be deeply rooted in Jesus and His finished work on our behalf.

To operate effectively in the Kingdom of God, we must believe what Jesus declared concerning His mission on earth and confidently receive the benefits He has made available to us through His sacrifice. Our confidence must not be based on our human ability, personal qualifications, righteous acts, past failures, or the opinions of others. Rather, it must be firmly rooted in the truth of what Jesus has accomplished on our behalf.

The Lord desires for us to draw near to Him with a true heart with full assurance of faith, believing that what Jesus has promised and made available to us is real and accessible through our faith. The greatest miracle is not us merely receiving a particular answer to prayer, but our learning to live continually in the place of full assurance of faith in Jesus’ ability and faithfulness.

1. Believe What Jesus Declared About His Mission on Earth

In Luke.4:18&19,21, Jesus openly declared the purpose of His anointing and mission: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me [i]to heal the broken hearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are [j]oppressed; 19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.” “21 And He began to say to them, ‘Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.’”

Jesus made it clear that He had been anointed and sent by the Father to accomplish specific things for humanity. His mission included preaching the Gospel to the poor, healing the broken hearted, proclaiming liberty to captives, recovering sight to the blind, setting the oppressed free, and proclaiming the acceptable year of the Lord. He concluded by declaring that the Scripture was fulfilled in the hearing of those present.

This declaration provides the foundation stone for the assurance we have in Jesus, because He did not merely speak about what He hoped to accomplish, but He declared the purpose for which He had been anointed and sent and did what He had spoken. So those who drew near to Him, believing that His words were true, could trust Him to receive the benefits made available through His ministry.

They did not have to become perfect before they could receive from Him because the essential requirement was to believe what Jesus had declared about Himself and trust in His ability to accomplish what His anointing made possible. This principle remains vitally pivotal for us today, because we must believe what Jesus has said concerning His ability and lay hold of the benefits He has made available to us.

We must not allow our human opinions, fears, the concerns of others, or doubts about the Lord’s ability to weaken our confidence in His Word. Our assurance must rest on what Jesus has declared, and not on our personal qualifications, shortcomings, failures, or the opinions of people around us. As we engage our hearts in believing Him, we position ourselves to receive what He has made available through His sacrifice.

2. Receive what Jesus has accomplished for you without boasting in any human ability.

We must learn to draw near to God with a true heart in full assurance of faith because we believe what Jesus has done on our behalf. We know that through Him, the Holy Spirit has made all these benefits available for us to receive, and we must embrace them by faith. We do not receive these benefits because of our own abilities or righteous acts, because we have no grounds for boasting as though we earned what we have received.

Our ability to receive life and partake of what the Lord has provided rests on what Jesus did to make these benefits available to us. Therefore, our confidence must never be rooted in ourselves, but it must be rooted in the finished work of Jesus and our willingness to believe what He has made possible for us. When our hearts are fully persuaded of His ability, we can draw near to God with confidence instead of continually questioning whether we are qualified to receive His provision.

We must stop allowing our human limitations, past mistakes, or perceived inadequacies to determine what we believe is possible with the Lord. Our responsibility is to believe Him, trust in His faithfulness, and receive by faith what He has made available. By doing this we are not boasting in our own strength, but we are placing our complete confidence in the One who has accomplished what we could never accomplish for ourselves.

3. Draw near to God with a true heart with full assurance of faith.

Hebrews.10:22 teaches us about drawing near to God with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. This truth reveals the cleansing associated with us drawing near to God as described in His Word. So we must receive the truth of what the Lord has provided for us and allow that truth to shape our hearts, our faith, and our approach to Him.

The full assurance of faith means that we are persuaded of Jesus’ ability and trust in what He has accomplished for us. So we no longer approach the Lord continually questioning whether we are good enough, capable enough, or qualified enough to receive from Him. Instead, we come fully trusting in Jesus and resting in the sufficiency of His finished work.

The Lord wants us to grow beyond the point where we merely just seek our individual answers to prayer. He wants us to develop a settled confidence in Him with a faith that is established on the truth of His Word and which remains fully persuaded of His ability to fulfil what He has promised.

The greatest miracle is therefore not simply receiving a particular answer to prayer, but walking in the place where we have learned to live in the reality of the full assurance of faith in Jesus’ ability to accomplish everything He has promised we can partake of through His sacrifice.

Take-Home Point

Believe what Jesus has declared, trust in what He has accomplished, and draw near to the Lord with full assurance of faith. Do not base your confidence on your human ability, personal qualifications, past failures, or the opinions of others. Jesus has made benefits available through His mission and sacrifice, and your part of the deal is to believe Him and receive it by faith.

So your ultimate goal is not just to merely obtain an answer to prayer but to develop a settled, confident relationship with the Lord, by resting boldly in the faithfulness and finished work of Jesus.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, I thank You for the mission of Jesus and for all that He has accomplished on my behalf. Thank You that He was anointed to preach the Gospel to the poor, heal the broken hearted, proclaim liberty to captives, recover sight to the blind, set the oppressed free, and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. Holy Spirit, please help me to believe what Jesus has declared about Himself and to receive the benefits He has made available to me through His sacrifice.

Deliver my heart from fear, doubt, human opinions, and every thought that weakens my confidence in the ability of Jesus. Forgive me for the times I have relied on my own qualifications, abilities, or righteous acts instead of resting in Your finished work. Teach me to draw near to the Father with a true heart and full assurance of faith, trusting not in myself but in the faithfulness of Jesus. Let the truth of Your Word cleanse and establish my heart, as revealed in Hebrews.10:22.

Please help me to stop questioning whether I am qualified to receive what You have provided for me by learning to rest confidently in Your faithfulness. May my faith grow beyond just seeking individual answers to prayer into a settled assurance of Your ability to accomplish everything You have promised I can partake of through Jesus’ sacrifice. Thank You that I can come to You with confidence because of what Jesus has done for me. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Declaration for the Day

Today, I declare that my confidence is firmly rooted in Jesus Christ and His finished work and I believe what Jesus declared concerning His mission, His anointing, and His ability to accomplish what He was sent to do.

I refuse to allow any fear, human opinions, past failures, personal limitations, or doubts about my qualifications to weaken my confidence in the Word of God. I will no longer boast in my own ability or trust in my righteous acts because my confidence rests in what Jesus has accomplished on my behalf.

I draw near to the Lord with a true heart and full assurance of faith, as declared in Hebrews.10:22, because I believe that through Jesus, the Lord has made provision for me, and I receive by faith what He has made available through His sacrifice.

Today, I choose to rest in the faithfulness of Jesus rather than continually question His ability. My heart is being established in the truth of His Word, and I am growing in the confidence to receive what He has promised.

I will not measure the Lord’s willingness or ability by my human qualifications or the opinions of others, but I will believe Jesus, trust His finished work, and walk in the assurance of faith. My greatest pursuit is to know how to live continually in this place of confidence in Him.

So today, I draw near to the Father with full assurance of faith, by receiving what Jesus has accomplished, and I walk confidently in all the benefits He has made available to me through His sacrifice in Jesus’ mighty name, Amen.