Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1)
“How to live in the Now Faith”
Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.
Most of us, if not all of us know this verse, we say it, post it up in our homes, it’s on our desk at work, we wear it on our clothes. Most of us have heard it preached all our church life, we quote it, but do we really understand what it says.
Today the holy spirit wants to teach us about this verse so we can use the power God has placed in these words for his glory and our good. There is a powerful message in these few words that when unlocked will open doors that we have never seen.
The word “Now” speaks to us from a strong hand, now allows us to see where we are, this is not a word speaking of the past nor the future, but of the present time, the present moment. Now is not look for something to come to past or happen later, but it speaks of us already having it. It speaks of us living, moving and possessing what we ask for in the moment. “Now”, surpasses all present circumstances, it crushes the past and puts the future in captivity.
“Now” must first arise in the spirit, or the invisible world, or in the power that comes from God before it can manifest itself in reality.
Now Faith is, these three words hold great power and anointing if understood. Today the holy spirit comes to give us a clean understand, the holy spirit wants us to have all that God has set for us to have, but we can not walk in the fullness if we have an incorrect understanding.
When we look at this verse, we have been taught that this is the definition of faith, and it is, but we want to dive in deeper to this definition.
Faith is confidence, trust, it’s a strong unshakeable belief, Now Faith does not weaver but it trust in God and the promises that are given to us through Christ. Faith is complete, faith is not looking, faith possesses, faith does not look, faith owns.
Look at the text and the wording, Now Faith is! Anybody see it, the holy spirit wants us to have a clear understanding, faith does not wish, nor begs, it does not hope, it does not look forward to, faith is!
Faith is a presence event, faith works in the now, faith moves forward and does not stop until it brings into reality what it sees within itself.
Faith moves in its power until it is no longer needed! Faith is the seed that is planted in the ground and knows what it is called to be! Faith Knows!
Now faith is the substance, confidence, existence, the assurance. Faith calls things that have independent existence into our reality. Faith sees what is not seen!
The substance, the confidence, the assurance rest in our spirits, in the subconscious, in the realness of who we really are! That voice that keeps telling you that you can do it, that’s Faith speaking. Those moments when you can see and feel yourself doing it, having it, owning it, living in it, that’s Faith speaking and showing us what we have. In our spirit Faith is letting us know what’s ours by the love and power of God in the spirit ream, it show us the substance of things hoped for.
Faith gives us a picture (substance, assurance) of that is waiting for us in the ream of the spirit.
Here is a question, where does faith come from? The answer is in this text and the holy spirit wants us to get a clean understanding. Faith comes from the evidence of things not seen! Faith is not about our senses, taste, touch, smell, hearing, feeling, faith is not about outside powers or influences, faith is that which has been proven to be in the spirit. Faith is made plain and clean in the spirit, through the power of God and knowing that it is.
Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1)
“How to live in the Now Faith”
Part II
Faith comes from God, the source of power that lies within us, the anointing of the power of imagination.
Faith or the Imagination is just not a vas dream or thought, it not just a vas fantasy, it’s not just a wish, it’s the power of the spirit showing us the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.
Faith shows us what God has given to us in the spirit, what we should have in the spirit and what belongs to us because of the great love God has for us. The imagination is the download, the pathway, the link from the spirit world to the seen world.
The imagination is the place where the substance of things hoped for come alive in the reality of the spirit.
The holy spirit wants us to understand this so we can begin to live. This is why the imagination is looked down on, this is why schools, churches, family, doctors call the imagination crazy, foolish or say you are out of your mind, because the world and sometimes the church does not want us to know the true power that God has placed on the inside of us.
It's Now faith, it’s the imagination of the unseen world showing us what is possible when we have faith in God!
With out substance, confidence, without knowing God existence, without the assurance that he is able, it is impossible to please God, for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. (Hebrews 11:6).
Holy Spirit wants us to leave this place knowing what power God has placed on the inside of us, we are not weak, useless, lost sinners. We are not sick with sin, we are trying to make it is this world, but God has placed power on the inside of us. That power is called “Now Faith”
When Jesus died on the cross, and he said it is finished, that’s what he meant. It is finished. Jesus paid the price for all of our sins, for all of the misunderstandings, for all of the misdirection, for the ignorance, please understand that is not a free ticket to do what ever you want to do, but this is the time to be thankful and grateful for what was done on the cross and now we know we should do all we can to do right according to the leading of the holy spirit.
We have been blessed with the power of Now Faith, and it we can see it in our imagination, just like a seed that planted we have it, and God through time is preparing us to receive it.
Don’t let go of the power of your imagination, for it is the power of Now Faith working in you, and when God is pleased, great and might things will happen. God is waiting ever so patiently for us to use the power of our imagination that we have been given. The invisible world, the spirit, the soul, the mind, the heart and the imagination has more power than the visible world, because everything we see, first came to life in someone’s imagination.
God makes it clean in verse 6, without faith, Faith is confidence, trust, it’s a strong unshakeable belief, Faith is complete, faith is not looking, faith possesses, faith does not seek, faith owns. Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, without using the unlimited power of our imagination it is impossible to be pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
What is the text talking about? It is not talking about us pleasing God because we come to church or pay tithes or on a church board or we are in church leadership, it is talking about believe God outside of space and time. Believing God despite the things seen, despite what we feel, or hear or even know, but to please his is to know in faith, in the imagination that all things are possible.
When we really tap into the power of faith in the imagination it gives satisfaction to God, it places us in the center of the will of God for our lives, and causes the holy spirit to shift the universe for us because God is a rewarder of them that with conscientious and persistent effort and attention go after him.
Faith is the force that brings everything into being, faith allows us to see the now unto him that is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, and that power is the imagination.