7 Days to Strengthen Your FaithSample

Day 3: The Just Shall Live by Faith

Today, we are talking about how the just shall live by faith—and how that impacts everything about your life!

To understand why "the just shall live by faith," we first have to ask, “Who are ‘the just’?”

And the answer is that YOU are "the just" if you have given your life to Jesus. You became righteous and "justified"—meaning, "just as if you'd never sinned"—the moment you gave your life to Jesus.

And since the just live by faith, then we each stay alive, in the best of times and in the worst of times, only by our faith in God. You don’t exist, survive, or thrive because of your works—whether they are good or bad. Therefore, spend your energy on believing God, and on obeying Him by faith!

Friend, the just shall live by faith. That is good news today because it means you don’t have to wear yourself out driving and striving in the strength of your own flesh. You can depend on God, rest in Him every day, and simply obey His voice.

Let’s pray as follows today:

• Tell the Father that you come to Him in Jesus’ name. Thank Him for making you the righteousness of God in Christ.
• Thank Him for sustaining you and your very existence by faith.
• Thank Him for being all-sufficient for you, for without Him you can do nothing.
• Ask Him to help you cease trying to live by works. Release any unholy driving or striving that He shows you may be in your heart.
• Ask Him to help you REST in Him today. Thank Him that His yoke is easy, and His burden is light.
• Talk to the Lord about your dreams in life, and about the vision for your life, family, ministry, finances, job, children, et cetera that He has given you.
• Confess to Him that you are totally dependent on Him in all of these areas.
• Ask Him to build the house of your life for you, while you simply believe in Him and follow Him.
• Ask Him to help you obey Him in everything He tells you to do: to hear His instructions clearly and to be bold enough to step out each time He gives you your marching orders.
• Thank Him that the just shall live by faith.
• Thank Him for building your life for you by your faith. Give Him praise for His faithfulness and mercy toward you!

Friend, everything about your life can only come about by faith.

All you need, want, and desire will come to you only through the highway of faith in Jesus Christ. So, whatever those desires are, confess them to the Lord today. Ask Him to totally revamp your life to make all your dreams come true, and thank Him for using your faith to make all things new!