Correct understanding of Faith and faithing .
Without Faith , it is impossible to please God !
This means in the application phase , that , without the continual surrendering of our lives to Him , and living a life inspired by such surrender ( daily decisions ) it is impossible to please God .
Believing or anything less than a genuine continual surrender will avail nothing .
Death to self is the gate into a new divine life.
One explanation of the fact that results are so often scanty and meager, or not real and abiding, lies here: the initial step to fruitful service has not been taken. Either through ignorance or unwillingness, the vast majority of those who profess to be fellow-workers with God in the regeneration of the world have never definitely renounced the self-life. While many attempt to serve the Lord, they are still living by human effort. This fact can be easily recognized because they will still be expecting praise and honor for self.
Many, in their eagerness to succeed, are continually crying to God for the gift of spiritual power. But God cannot fulfill their desire, for He will not permit others to proudly revel in their own glory while using His power; and to trust men and women with spiritual power who are full of self-assertion would only be to feed their vanity and promote their self-idolization and their love of self-display. The flesh-life must be brought into a union with Christ’s death to self before a believer can be clothed with power from on high.
“Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.” While the seed will remain within the darkness of the ground for a period of time before it “suddenly” rises up into a new life, divine fruit cannot come forth until the new life comes forth. It is to God’s glory that He enables men and women, those who have been emptied of self, to bear the supernatural fruit of the Son’s life.
(John 15:8) . .Mantle
