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Measure of Faith

Measure of Faith

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Ok. So, today I want to talk about faith just a little bit. I think most of us have some level of faith. Even if it’s only the size of a mustard seed, right? I mean, the Bible says that “if we have faith the size of a mustard seed we can tell the mountain to move from here to there, and it will.” (Matthew 17:20) 

Does that mean the actual mountain will move? Probably not. But it does mean that when we put our faith in God’s hands, great and seemingly impossible things can happen.

I wanted to post about faith today because I needed to talk it through for myself. To understand that even my doubt means maybe it’s possible. I needed to know that God will supernaturally multiply my faith when I give it to Him. 

The problem with many of us is that we believe having faith means we never have doubts about what God is doing. That definitely is not the case. God had to show the people in the Bible what they were capable of. That’s the same thing He does with us.

God will sometimes allow us to be in situations that test our faith, because He needs us to know that what is impossible with man is possible in Him. 

Our faith has to be tested. We won’t know what real faith looks like until we put it in the hands of the Master. He takes our little scrawny faith, and makes it something so powerful that it can move mountains. 

But that can only happen when we surrender it to Him. And because we put our faith in Him, He puts His Holy Ghost power in us. How amazing is that?

Until next time…

Be blessed

Place of Surrender

Place of Surrender

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There is this place in God where hope, faith, and love resides. Where there is no judgment. No condemnation. No shame…

It’s a place of surrender.

I think it’s in this place of letting go…of surrendering everything we think we know, and giving it all up to God that we can find real peace. Real joy. I have been contemplating what it feels like to really be all in for God. To do what He wants, and not what feels good to me.

Most of the time, I really think I do, but I had this conversation with a friend recently that made me question my loyalty to Him. I mean I love God with all of my heart, but when it comes to doing the hard things I sometimes fail miserably. Maybe we all do at times. I don’t know. I just know that I want God to know that He can count on me…even when the going gets tough.

When I received Jesus Christ as my Savior, I surrendered my heart to Him. In turn, He gave me life…everlasting life. And although I know there is nothing I can do to repay Him for that…my desire is to always do my best for Him. To make Him proud. 

So I surrender, again and again. Knowing that His love for me will always be enough to lift me up when I feel low. To bring me hope when things feel hopeless. To comfort me when I feel like the world is crashing in. To lead me beside the still waters, and restore my soul (Psalm 23:2-3). 

I’m not sure who else this is for. But just know that we serve a God of second chances, and He loves us so much. His word in Romans 8:38-39 says, “For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

And that’s enough for me.

Until next time…

Be blessed