Understanding Brings Confidence, Part 4
We all have missed it by attempting to get results without the first step of understanding. Even in the natural world, mechanical doing of something without understanding can produce mistakes. But when you have understanding of how to do your job, there are not the mistakes that occur with doing it because somebody simply told you to do it, without any explanation of it.
When you hear a teacher or preacher preach the Word of God, he/she has the understanding. What he/she is doing is putting it out there for you to take personally and dig and get the understanding for yourself, not just to parrot what he/she has said. It is a personal walk of confidence or faith, not based on what he/she has understanding of. It is based on your understanding of what you have been taught.
When you get the understanding, you have the confidence in God and His Word for your difficult situation. You know He will bring you through, in spite of the impossibility of it or how long it takes to resolve it. You know He has already taken care of it in the spiritual realm. It is simply a matter of it being accomplished in the physical realm for you personally.
Legally, in the spirit realm, it is already a finished work, a done deal. Jesus has purchased everything we will ever need to live victoriously here in this earth. Personally, in the reality of the earth’s realm, that finished work must become an understandable “done deal” in our situation, regardless of what is happening or not happening. Understanding causes us to stand confidently in the reality of what God’s Word says. We are immovable and unshakeable.
This understanding brings the confidence you need to withstand what the enemy brings against you. You stand and you don’t get ruffled by time passing or the sense of nothing happening. You stand confidently in that finished work for you personally, knowing it is not your job to produce the results. That responsibility belongs to the Holy Spirit. Keep in constant communication with the Holy Spirit, stay close to Him, and do what He tells you to do. He will victoriously bring you through the difficulties of life.