Walking in Newness: A Romans 4 Reflection

You ever have one of those mornings where the Word just stops you in your tracks?

That was me today after reading the Word this morning!

Between reading Romans 4, taking my daughter to work, and having to go by my other daughter's house.

God dropped a message in my heart that I couldn’t shake.....a message about faith, surrender, and what it really means to know Him.

So lets get into it...

💕 Knowing OF God vs. Actually, Knowing God

In this walk with Jesus, I’ve learned there’s a HUGE difference between:

• Believing and knowing OF our Father and

• Believing and actually KNOWING our Father

Walking in Newness

From my own experience in the past, I only Knew "OF" Him... I mean I believed...

& I knew all the basic things the world tells us about.

I prayed every day.

But I was still living for worldly desires... the desires that never satisfied and left me in depression, anxiety, and emptiness.

I was still living for myself.

Still trying to handle everything by myself.

Then one day, when I finally couldn't take it anymore, and I reached the end of myself, I cried out to God.

I didn’t even realize it in the moment, but I Fully surrendered then.

I Went all the way back as far as I could remember, and I cried out to Him Everything that ever hurt me or weighed me down, and I told Him "Lord I give it all to you...I lay it all at your feet, and I dont Ever want to Pick it back up again"

And in that moment, I felt a weight lift off of me. & yall!!! That’s when my whole life changed!

I now know He was always with me… But in that low moment, I truly found Jesus. And His guidance on this journey of actually knowing Him has been so eye‑opening.

✨ Which brings me to where I read today... Starting in Romans 4… Romans 4 tells us that Abraham’s true, unwavering belief and faith in God was credited to him as righteousness.

And get this....Abraham was credited righteousness before the covenant sign of circumcision!!

He wasn’t

righteous because he was flawless.

He wasn’t righteous because he had a covenant sign.

He wasn’t righteous because of anything he did.

He was credited righteous simply because:

He believed God.

So, God credited that faith as righteousness.

(“Credited” is an accounting term. Meaning God places righteousness in your account even though you didn’t earn it.)

💕And here’s the Good News for us…

Righteousness isn’t earned.

It’s credited.

And it’s credited to anyone who TRULY Knows and Believes ...

Not by works.

Not by religious habits.

Not by trying to be perfect.

But by Faith in Jesus!!!

This is where we learn the fleshly desires need to GO. (Put those Worldly desires to Death)

Then we can Rise in Spirit & walk in newness!!

So, release the weight of this world, and let your eyes open truly knowing our Lord and Savior. 💕

It’s not religion. It’s not works. It’s relationship. And it’s the only way to truly be saved.

May you walk today knowing you are loved, forgiven, and held by God who honors simple, honest faith!

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