Don’t ever let anyone grab your, “Faceplate of Faith” and pull you out of the game, no matter who they are! Now is not the time to be moved by our five physical senses, or by anyone else’s. It is imperative in this late hour that we keep our, “Faceplate of Faith” securely on to “see” with our, “eyes of faith,” as we navigate the Will of God for our lives.
What is our “Faceplate of Faith”?
To fully understand what our “Faceplate of Faith” is, I am going to define for us from The Merriam Webster Dictionary the meaning of a Faceplate;
Faceplate = Protective cover for the human face, (as of a Diver).
Our Faceplate of Faith is a God-Given Spiritual Covering that protects our ability to “see” the way “He Sees,” as we choose to “walk by faith, not by sight.” Ref. 2nd Corinthians 5:7. This Protective Spiritual Cover guards and keeps our five Spiritual Senses, the way we “see, hear, smell, touch, and taste” strong and sensitive to The Movement of The Holy Spirit at all times.
In 2nd Corinthians 4:18 (AMP) the Apostle Paul describes for us what it is like to “see through” this “Faceplate of faith”;
“So we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are unseen; for the things which are visible are temporal [just brief and fleeting], but the things which are invisible are everlasting and imperishable.”
In order to look at things “which are unseen”, we must keep our, “Faceplate of Faith” securely on at all times so that we can develop, “Eyes of Faith” that can discern and “see” The Divine Will and Timing of God for our lives.
How do we develop “Eyes of Faith”?
Hebrews 11:1 (TPT) gives us the all important answer to this question;
“Now faith brings our hopes into reality and becomes the foundation needed to acquire the things we long for. It is all the evidence required to prove what is still unseen.”
When God gives us a “snapshot”, a prophetic picture of our future, there is a “Supernatural Seed of Hope” that attaches itself to that “picture.” This hope filled picture when conceived by our “NOW FAITH” produces a “Spiritual Embryo” that lives and develops within our heart, which is our “Spiritual Womb”.
To remain healthy and strong this “Spiritual Embryo” should be fed a steady diet of “Fertile Faith” by, “The Mighty Razor Sharp Spirit Sword of The Spoken Word of God,” continually coming out of our mouth. Ref. Eph. 6:17 (b). This Spiritual Discipline is what nurtures the foundation of our “Now Faith,” causing the Umbilical Cord of our God-Given Promise to remain intact while giving the vital nutrients needed to our growing Spiritual Embryo.
This is the Supernatural Spiritual Pregnancy Process that allows us to “develop” our “Eyes of Faith.” As our understanding of faith continually matures and develops throughout the gestation process of our God-Given Promise, a resiliency to the distractions and “evil reports” of the world occurs; making way for a Healthy Fully Developed Promise of God to be “Supernaturally Delivered” right on time!
Let me summarize this important truth for us, my friend. It is “Fertile Faith” that enables us to keep our “Faceplate of Faith” securely on throughout the Entire Pregnancy Process of a God-Given Dream so that we can successfully birth and enter “The Canaan Land” of our Promise.
It’s, “Game On” my friend, we must keep our “Faceplate of Faith” securely on because the stakes are high! Who we have in the Delivery Room of our God-Given Hopes and Dreams matters!
We must be committed to, Proverbs 4:23 (AMP);
“Keep and guard our heart with all vigilance and above all that we guard, for out of it flow the springs of life.”
Why?
So that a Spiritual Abortion or Miscarriage does not occur, causing us to miss entering our Canaan Land of God’s Promises for our lives. Our future and the future of those that we are called to reach depends on it!
Moses, an Old Testament “God Appointed Deliverer” for the nation of Israel learned this lesson the hard way. We read the backdrop for this story in Numbers 13:1-3 (AMP);
“And The Lord said to Moses,” “Send men to explore and scout out [for yourselves] the land of Canaan, which I give to the Israelites. From each tribe of their fathers, you shall send a man, every one a leader or head among them.” “So Moses by the command of The Lord sent scouts from the Wilderness of Paran, all of them men who were heads of the Israelites.”
The fact that God was asking these “leaders” through His servant Moses to scout, to “see” for themselves the land of Canaan that, “He was GIVING them”, should have brought fearless faith and bold courage to them while they were on their mission. However, only two of the twelve scouts, Joshua and Caleb kept their “Faceplate of Faith” securely on so that they could see with the “eyes of faith,” and give a “Good Report.” The remaining ten scouts were moved with fear by what they “saw”, causing them to fling away their own, “Faceplate of Faith” and give an “evil report.” A report that not only aborted their God-given Promise, it ultimately cost them their lives! Tragically, a whole generation of those who believed this, “evil report” along with them, would also die in the wilderness, failing to enter Canaan the land of their God-Given Promise.
Numbers 13:25-33 (AMP) is the sad narrative of this account:
“And they returned from scouting the land after forty days.” “They came to Moses and Aaron and to all the Israelite congregation in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh, and brought them word, and showed them the land’s fruit.” “They told Moses, We came to the land to which you sent us; surely it flows with milk and honey. This is its fruit.” “But the people who dwell there are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large; more-over, there we saw the sons of Anak [of great stature and courage].” “Amalek dwells in the land of the South (the Negeb); the Hitite, the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanite dwells by the sea and along by the side of the Jordan [River].” “Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once and possess it; we are well able to conquer it.” “But his fellow scouts said, We are not able to go up against the people [of Canaan], for they are stronger than we are.” “So they brought the Israelites an evil report of the land which they had scouted out, saying, The land through which we went to spy it out is a land that devours its inhabitants, And all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature.” “There we saw the Nephilim [or giants]; and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.”
You have been supernaturally birthed into this world to be a God Appointed Deliverer to this world! Your life is meant to be a walking expression of God’s Delivering Power. Just like Moses was called by God to be a “Deliverer” to The Nation Of Israel, you and I as Born Again Believers of The Most High God have been called, equipped and deployed by The Holy Spirit to be Modern Day Deliverers, “Messengers” of Truth and Healing to this World, which is “eagerly waiting for the sons and daughters of God to be revealed.” Ref. Rom 8:19. That is why we must ask ourselves the following questions;
Who have I sent to “scout” out the land of my God-Given Promise?
What kind of report have they brought back to me? A “good” one or an “evil” one?
Based on their report what have I decided to do?….Am I entering into the land of my God-Given Promise with my “Faceplate of Faith” securely on, and my “Spiritual Eyes” wide open in order to “see” “The Goodness of God in The Land of my living”? Ref. Psalm 27:13….Or am I like the children of Israel retreating in fear because I have believed an evil report?
You see my friend fear will certainly disconnect our Umbilical cord of NOW FAITH from the Promises of God stripping us of our, “Faceplate of Faith.”
The result?
Spiritually sightless saints wandering around in the wilderness unable to “see”, let alone enter the land of their God-Given Hopes, Dreams, and Desires!
Be encouraged, my friend! Through The Shed Blood of Jesus Christ, we have already won the battle, now we must reinforce what has ALREADY been appropriated for us at Calvary.
How do we reinforce the Victory of Calvary?
Hebrews 10:35-36 (AMP) is the “SuperGlue” set of scriptural instructions for keeping our, “Faceplate of Faith” securely on and in place at all times.
“Do not, therefore, fling away your [fearless] confidence, for it has a Glorious and Great Reward.” “For you have need of patient endurance [to bear up under difficult circumstances without compromising], so that when you have carried out the will of God, you may Receive And Enjoy To The Full What Is Promised”!
Here’s a Promised Land Checklist taken from the above scriptures that will help us enter The Land of our God-Given Promise.
Don’t fling away your fearless confidence.
Walk with patient endurance under difficult circumstances without compromising.
Stay focused and fear-free in order to carry out The Will of God for your life.
Receive and Enjoy to the Full Your Promised Land!
Remember it is our God Given Mandate to keep our “Faceplate of Faith” securely on at all times, so that we can successfully enter our promise land.
Be Strong and Live Free…..Boldly For Him!
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