Abraham knew. 

As he took his son to the mountaintop in sheer obedience to God and going against all of his dreams … He knew.

Hebrews 11 17 By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had received the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, 18even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.” 19Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and figuratively speaking, he did receive Isaac back from death.

He knew that God was all that he had.  That without God, He had now hope and no future.

And he knew to the point that he believed in resurrection before resurrection was even a thing.  God had promised him that he would bless his offspring through Isaac … so he knew.

David knew.

When he gathered up 5 stones I like to think of Chuck Missler’s explanation:

“He had heard that Goliath had four brothers.”  But, regardless of this, David knew.  He knew that with God behind Him, he had nothing to fear from a giant of a man.

And so he went, and confronted the Philistine, and cut his head off in front of two armies.

And my wife recently pointed me to this verse in Isaiah and the 6 qualities of Jesus. 

Isaiah knew.

Isaiah 11 1 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.

2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him- the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD – 3 and he will delight in the fear of the LORD.  He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears; 4 but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth.  He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.5 Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist.

And all of them knew before Jesus came to be in the flesh.

I love what Isaiah says about Jesus:

He has the Spirit of WISDOM … and UNDERSTANDING.

He has the Spirit of COUNSEL … and POWER.

He has the Spirit of KNOWLEDGE … and THE FEAR OF THE LORD.

We have all that we need to walk in the Lord in 2021.

And as we enter into a new season, I want to encourage you to walk in the fear of the Lord and ask God to give you everything else that you need to move forward.

The Fear in front of us is like a rabid pitbull on a chain.  It hates us, it threatens us, and it shows its ugly teeth, even charging to constantly test the strength and grip of that chain.  And, in essence, our strength to move forward.

But the Fear behind us is an unchained Male African Lion.  He is untethered, unafraid, and lying in wait.

For us to back away from a 60 pound pitbull into the grip of a 550 pound Lion is utterly foolish.

And yet, we do.

As we walk into 2021, I want you to encourage you.

God is with you.

He overrides all that you fear and holds all that you love in the palm of His hands.

He fears no man and Kings will bow down to Him.

His provision is abundant … He owns the cattle on a thousand hills.

He scoffs at death and defeats the enemy’s plan to indict you for all of your shortcomings.

And He lies in wait until the right time to come to the forefront.

And so I must ask:

Do You Know?

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Coach J