It is the will of God that human beings should get into a right-standing relationship with Him, and His covenants are designed for this purpose. Why doesn’t God save me? He has accomplished and provided for my salvation, but I have not yet entered into a relationship with Him. Why doesn’t God do everything we ask? He has done it. The point is— will I step into that covenant relationship? All the great blessings of God are finished and complete, but they are not mine until I enter into a relationship with Him on the basis of His covenant.

Our covenant with God is Jesus Christ and His sacrifice and our acceptance of His  sacrifice. That is how we enter into a personal relationship with Him as His children:  We believe and accept His gift. …..JDV

“For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.  And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” Galatians 3:26-29

Waiting for God to act is fleshly unbelief. It means that I have no faith in Him. I wait for Him to do something in me so I may trust in that. But God won’t do it, because that is not the basis of the God-and-man relationship. Man must go beyond the physical body and feelings in his covenant with God, just as God goes beyond Himself in reaching out with His covenant to man. It is a question of faith in God–a very rare thing. We only have faith in our feelings. I don’t believe God until He puts something tangible in my hand, so that I know I have it. Then I say, “Now I believe.” There is no faith exhibited in that. God says, “Look to Me, and be saved . . .” ( Isaiah 45:22  ).

When we are connected to the Spirit of God with the Holy Spirit within us, we no longer look for God to deliver us becasue we understand that He already has delivered us, regardless of the circumstances…..As the song says He paid it all…..

When we were/are washed in the blood of Christ,we are complete in Him. And we can be washed anew every day not to be saved from our sins, but to work out our salvation in the everyday circumstances of life. JDV

When I have really transacted business with God on the basis of His covenant, letting everything else go, there is no sense of personal achievement—

Jesus paid it all.JDV

no human ingredient in it at all. Instead, there is a complete overwhelming sense of being brought into union with God, and my life is transformed and radiates peace and joy.

When we are connected to God, we radiate peace and joy, regardless of our circumstances. We walk by faith not by sight.

2 Corinthians 5;7- We walk by faith, not by sight ….knowing that Jesus paid it all, we are the sons and daughters of God and enjoy all the benefits of that relationship as we accept them……JDV