Faith Like A Bulldog

            Bulldogs are known for their aggressive behaviour. Their grip is tenacious and they are persistent and determined. If a bulldog gets something of yours in its mouth, don’t plan on getting it back.

            When it comes to the promises of God in His Word, we need to be just as tenacious. We need to have bulldog faith that will not let go. Galatians 3:13 says, “Christ paid the price to free us from the curse that God's laws bring by becoming cursed instead of us. Scripture says, "Everyone who is hung on a tree is cursed."

            Satan knows we’ve been delivered from the curse, but he’s going to challenge us on it. He knows that by faith we can have everything Jesus died and rose again to provide for us. So Satan’s plan is to wear down our faith, through continual pressure, disappointment, and discouragement. He knows if he can get us off our faith, he can steal from us what is rightfully ours in Jesus.

            THEREFORE, be like a bulldog in your faith. Be aggressive. “The kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it” (Matthew 11:12 NIV-84). Faith is always advancing, persistent, determined, and confident. It does not retreat or move backward. “If any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him” (Hebrews 10:38-39 KJV). When we draw back, we are pulling away from the blessings God has for us.

            Like the bulldog, we need to bite down on the Word of God and not let go. We must continually speak it and keep it in front of our eyes, going into our ears – and to call things that are not as though they were.  “’...I have made you a father of many nations’” in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did...” (Romans 4:17 NKJV).

            Bulldog faith is fully persuaded that what God has promised, He will fulfill. Abraham “...drew strength from his faith, and while giving the glory to God, remained absolutely convinced that God was able to implement his own promise” (Romans 4:12, Phillips). Being fully persuaded is not hoping or wishing. Fully persuaded means to be completely convinced beyond the shadow of a doubt that what God has said will come to pass. It means believing God’s Word instead of the circumstances around us.

            Lastly, bulldog faith takes possession of what God has promised. Joshua asked the Israelites, “How long are you going to sit around on your hands, putting off taking possession of the land that God…has given you?” –Joshua 18:3 (MSG).

            The Word of God brings things from the spirit realm into the natural realm. In Matthew 8:8, the centurion said to Jesus, “Speak the word only, and my servant will be healed” (KJV). In essence, he told Jesus that the Word of the Son of God was the only evidence he needed. Bulldog faith is not afraid to put a demand on the covenant promises of God.
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            So even though the bulldog isn’t the handsomest of animals, be one when it comes to your faith. Bite down on the Word of God AND DON’T LET GO.