Jude 1:20-23 KJV — But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, [21] keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. [22] And of some have compassion, making a difference: [23] and others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
The word of God is a living seed, and the seed for today is to build up yourself on your most holy Faith! This is one of the key ways to follow and walk with Jesus Christ for the rest of your life, whether you live for forty or even eighty more years. We are to build up ourselves, not in the gym nor by physical exercise that profit little. We are called to build up ourselves on our most holy faith. This is one of the key things you can do to finish the race that is set before.
We may build up ourselves on our most holy Faith by;
1. Hearing and continuing steadfastly in the word or doctrine:
That is how you build your faith and build up yourself in the faith. When our Lord Jesus encountered the devil in the wilderness, the thing that gave Him weight was how much Word He had built into himself. He was not easily carried away because He had built up himself in the word and doctrine of His Father in heaven.
2. The second secret to building up yourself is prayer:
With prayer and fasting you build the spiritual muscle in faith to deal with impossible situations.
One day, the Lord cast out a devil that his disciples had been struggling with for hours; then the account had it in Matthew 17:19-21 that when Jesus was apart, “Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? [20] And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. [21] Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
The Lord was quick to teach that one of the common ways to build up yourself on your most holy faith is by fasting and prayer.
3. The third secret is to exercise yourself unto godliness:
Try and do the godly things you know how to do. It takes exercise to become strong.
1 Timothy 4:6-8 KJV — If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. [7] But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. [8] For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
4. Act in godliness:
In every situation in life, you will have the opportunity to do what the flesh wants or to act in godliness. The choice is always you but when you learn to exercise yourself unto godliness, you begin to gain weight and strength spiritually!
5. Exercise yourself to have a conscience void of offence towards and towards men:
The Bible teaches that no matter what you do, offence will come but how we handle it matters. We must strive to have a conscience void of offence. That is how you build yourself on your most holy Faith!
Acts 24:16 KJV — And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
Stay blessed and stay safe!
