God's "Yes" Man - 2 Corinthians 1:19-22

"For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silvanus and Timothy—did not become 'Yes and no'; on the contrary, a final 'Yes' has come in Him. For every one of God’s promises is 'Yes' in Him. Therefore, the 'Amen' is also spoken through Him by us for God’s glory. Now it is God who strengthens us, with you, in Christ and has anointed us. He has also sealed us and given us the Spirit as a down payment in our hearts."

Do you ever get down and depressed because you feel like you've got so much to handle and you just can't do it all?

And then you get all locked up inside and you don't do anything. I call it "gridlock of the soul." Why even try, you wonder.

It seems like life is saying to you, "No you can't. No you can't. No, no, no!"

When life keeps telling you "No," there is something you can do to escape soul gridlock.

Open your Bible to 2 Corinthians 1:19-22 and read, re-read, and read these verses again until you realize that when life seems to be telling you "No," God is telling you "Yes!"

And not just "Yes," but an emphatic "Yes!"

In a previous meditation I published on these verses, I declared that God is not just telling you "Yes," but it's God's Big "Yes!"

God's "Yes" is a Big "YES!" because God doesn't just acknowledge His promises, He affirms His promises!

God doesn't just make promises! God fulfills His promises!

And God activates His promises in your life!

All God's promises are "Yes" in Christ. So Jesus is God's "Yes" Man!

God speaks His promises into existence and then applies them to our lives through the redemptive power of the cross of Christ and the sustaining power of the indwelling Holy Spirit.

In other words, God's affirmation is not a "Yes" that just says it's okay or gives permission or indicates agreement.

Rather, God's "Yes" is a substantive "Yes!" It affirms and confirms the truth of His promises! And it enables and empowers us to live God's truth!

When God says "Yes," He does something about it. He acts on it. He not only gives His promise but He equips us to receive His promises and accomplish His will.

Now I'm not suggesting that in your life there won't be times of trouble or that you won't have times when you feel down and defeated. However, I am sure that if you are feeling down and defeated, the source of your depression is not God but the evil one.

But you can be God's "Yes" Man (or "Yes" Woman)...

When you live your life according to God's "Yes" not Satan's "No."

Don't prolong disappointment and despondency with Satan's deceitful and deceptive "No." Confront despair with God's Big "Yes."

God affirms all His promises to us through the atoning work of Jesus on the cross, once and for all, which is reinforced to us by the indwelling Holy Spirit, enabling us to accomplish God's will in our daily lives.