What Cha Doin With Your Faith?
What cha doin with your faith? The Bible tells us at the end of Romans 12:3 (amp); … but to rate his ability with sober judgment, each according to the degree of faith apportioned by God to him; that God has given us all some measure of faith, so we know that everyone has some. So what are you going with the faith God gave you?
Let’s first get the basic definition of faith. The dictionary tells us that faith is a “a complete trust or confidence in someone or something”. Sounds simple, right? The Bible tells us in Hebrews 11:1 (amp); Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, [a]the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses]; that faith is the assurance or confidence that we have in something that we may not be able to physically see or measure. Sounds similar, right? So if you have complete trust & confidence in God or anything else, then you have faith in it. But, do you live like you have “complete” trust in God? Is your faith in God at 100%? If we are willing to be honest, most of us would have to say “no”. But, let’s come back to this in a minute. Let’s take a look at the things we seem to have more faith in.
Every day we put more faith in other things than we do in God. When you go to bed at night we have faith that we will be safe during the night & no one will break in and attack us, right? We put our faith in our driving every time we get in our cars, but especially when we come to an intersection. We believe that the driver coming in the opposite direction will see & obey the traffic light, right? We put our faith in our employers who promise to pay us after we have already worked for them for 2-3 wks (that’s how long it may take to get the first paycheck) & not only that, we continue to work before we get paid as long as we are there. Any particular reason they don’t put their faith in us & pay us first? We all know the answer to that question. LOL. We even put our faith in furniture every time we go to sit on or in it, believing it will hold up under our weight. We put our faith in people when they tell us they love us, that they will be there for us, & are committed to us. We have so much faith in that, that we step out on that faith & marry that person. And the list goes on and & on because we put our faith in many different things.
However, as we all know, each of the examples listed above can & do fail us at one time or another. Many people have their homes broken into at night as they sleep & many of them are harmed in the process, but we still go to sleep at night. People run traffic lights daily causing all types of car accidents, yet we still drive. Companies go out of business or lay people off & fail to pay its employees what they promised, yet we still go to work. People change their minds about how they feel about us, they chose to stop loving us, & then leave & divorce us, yet we still want to marry!
Why is that? Why do we put the faith God gave us into everything but Him? It’s because we want the benefits of the promises made to us in those things! But, shouldn’t we feel the same way about God? God has made us many promises in His word, & if we take an honest look at our lives, we can clearly see just how many of those promises God has kept. I’m not sure about your life, but God has allowed many of His promises to me to manifest! And I am still looking forward to the manifestation of ALL of the rest of them!
Just like there are benefits in those other things, there are great benefits in the promises of God. For example, promises for our healing, prosperity, our children, power over our enemies, promises of success & good fortune, etc. Yet we put more faith in earthly promises that will fail every day than we do in God’s promises that will NEVER fail.
It’s your faith in God that moves His hand. The Bible tells us in Hebrews 11:6 (cev); But without faith no one can please God. We must believe that God is real and that he rewards everyone who searches for him; that it’s your belief in Him that prompts Him to bless you. It makes God feel good to know that you trust & believe in Him. Doesn’t it make you feel good when your parents, friends, children, & employers believe & trust you? Of course it does!
So, let’s stop being religious about this thing. God has made you many promises that will guarantee your victory & success in this life. Don’t you want to know what those promises are? How many of them have already happened for you? If you are reading this, then you are alive due to God’s grace. So you still have plenty of time to find out what God has promised you & to have those promises come alive in your life! Woooo Hoooooo!
I suggest you spend a little time with God & google just getting to know what God is saying to & about you, to bless & empower your life & the lives of the people you love.
God sent you to earth to do great things, but you will definitely need His help, guidance & direction to walk in that greatness.
So, I’ll ask you again, what cha doin with your faith?
Got Faith? Of course you do, but what is it in?
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