The Holy Spirit this morning in our communion time impressed on me to share further on what we need to do after we have come boldly into the holiest place where the Lord dwells. He spoke of the importance of the posture our hearts must take and be in to fully maximize the benefits we have been granted by the Lord. We most times forget about the heavenly protocol we must abide by when operating in the holiest place in the Universe. Revelation.5.

We need to remember that everything we gain from the Father God and Jesus depends on the stance our hearts take. The how and what our hearts respond to concerning the word of the Lord will determine the progress or failure we experience. The Holy Spirit constantly puts emphasis on where our hearts are in any matter because the heart position will determine the outcome we receive in spite of what God promises. Romans.10:10.

So let us dig further into Hebrews.10:22 which reads these words: let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

We notice firstly that we must draw near to God with a true heart meaning that if we come to the Lord with a false heart we will not be accepted. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth so in order to embrace His help and support we must desire to know the truth and eradicate lies from our hearts.

Our hearts must love truth because only knowing the truth will make us free from deception and its consequences which are death. John.8:31 & 32.

So in order to draw near to God our hearts must embrace the truth in full assurance of faith. You ask what is full assurance of faith and how do we walk in that? Does it mean we need to be perfect and have no faults? Well that is a tall order you will say, and no one can be that and do it?

Let us examine the concept of full assurance of faith and see how we can use it in our hearts so we can benefit from it to better go on to experience all of God’s best the Lord has for us in the now season of life.

Full assurance of faith is not dependent on us but on our heart believing what God has already done on our behalf. Your heart must choose to believe what the Lord has already accomplished for you and receive it as fact. Your heart must be resolute in believing that what God has said, He will do, and what He has spoken, He will perform and accomplish.

Full assurance of faith is that your heart believes implicitly by confessing what God spoke as if it is so in the now. Then refuses to believe or accept anything other than that fact. The woman with the issue of blood is a clear example of this fact. She had never met Jesus, never attended any of His meetings, or studied His ministry. However her heart was convinced about His authority.

She had only heard witness stories that Jesus heals the sick and on the basis of that fact, she decided in her heart that if she just touched the hem of His garment she would be healed. She kept confessing that fact until the day she was in His vicinity and touched the hem of His garment. Then she experienced what she had said over and over again from her heart’s belief that Jesus possessed the power in Him that when she touched Him she would be whole and it happened just as she believed. Mark.5:25-34.

Jesus confirmed this truth as He went on to say to her in the presence of everybody present that your faith has made you whole. Not my power but your full assurance in heart of my ability has given you this miracle. While those near Jesus had received nothing because they were waiting for Jesus to do something rather than approaching Jesus with an assurance of faith in heart of what He said He came to do on their behalf. John.1:11-13.

In Luke.4:18 & 19,21 we read these words: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me 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 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.”

From that moment Jesus said this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing any person who drew near in full assurance of faith that what Jesus said was true. Then believed it in their hearts would receive by their confession all Jesus said they could have concerning that promise. This is so not because they are perfect but because they chose to believe what Jesus said they could experience because of Him.

This is how you draw near in full assurance of faith with a true heart by embracing all the Holy Spirit has available for you. Then receive it because of what Jesus already did for us, not based on your ability or righteous acts. You have no place to boast about this because you only received it because of what Jesus did to make that possible when you engage your heart in full assurance of faith in His ability.

This assurance of faith then works to sprinkle your conscience from evil works and washes your body with pure water that presents you acceptable to God.

I pray that as you hear and embrace this truth the grace flowing from these words will be poured out on you to see it manifested in your life. The greatest miracle will be you walking in the place of full assurance of faith in Jesus’s ability to do everything He promised you can partake of through His sacrifice for you.

Only permit your heart to believe and confess what Jesus said. Throw out the opinions of men and their fears or concerns about God’s ability from your heart. Only believe what Jesus declared. Then boldly live your life resting your heart on what Jesus said by going ahead to experience all the benefits of drawing near to God in full assurance of faith.

Knowing that His ability always does exceedingly abundantly and above all you could ask or think according to His power working in you in Jesus name. Amen. Ephesians.3:20.