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Me-In-You Faith

One aspect of faith that we all need in the Offensive is faith in ourselves—or rather faith that the Lord is in us and that He can use us. Since the Lord will be using individuals, including you, to do far-out and seemingly impossible things, then you have to believe that you’re capable—not in yourself, but through Jesus in you. We need full, unlimited faith in the Lord’s ability to perform and work through us. We must dare to try, which means allowing the Lord to try through us.

(Jesus:) Having faith in oneself—which really means having faith in Me in you—requires humility, because it takes true humility to honestly acknowledge your inability, yet in the same breath to acknowledge and openly confess that you can “do all things through Christ Who strengthens you” (Phil.4:13). It’s the epitome of allowing My strength to be made perfect in your weakness, but then taking it a step further by glorifying Me, even if by faith, for the progress, the victory, and the forward movement that is made because of what I accomplish through you.

Having more faith in yourself is really about not setting personal limitations; it’s about knowing that there are no impossibilities to Me, and therefore there are none to you either, as I perform My “no impossibilities” through you if and when I desire. It’s appropriating faith. It’s having the faith to let Me use you in whatever way I see fit. It’s limitless faith—faith that doesn’t set boundaries or even recognize them, but simply lets My faith in you determine what you can and cannot do. This kind of faith is confidence in Me. It’s not self-confidence, but it’s a combination of confidence in Me and My infallibility, and your faith to act on that confidence.

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