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“By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.”  –Hebrews 11:8 (NIV)

The scripture above says, “By faith” Abraham believed.  He didn’t know where God was sending him, but He went anyway. That is what faith is all about. It believes without seeing. How many of us would do the same? 

I believe that I am heading in the right direction…but, I am definitely not there yet. My prayer is that my faith is growing to the place where I no longer question the things God is leading me to do. Of course, I usually only question Him when what He is calling me to do is something I don’t want to do, something I have never done, or something that takes me so far out of my comfort zone that it frightens me a little. But how do we get that kind of faith? 

I believe that we get that kind of faith from trusting what we know about Him. Remembering what He has done in the past. And believing what He will do in the future. But before we can do any of that, we have to first believe that He is. Once we believe that God is who He says He is…we have to then believe that He will do what He says He will do. That only comes through strengthening our relationship with Him. And that only comes through reading His word.

Because of God’s word,  my relationship with Him is so much stronger than it has ever been. I have learned how to really let Him have control of my life. He had to show me…sometimes over and over again that I was valuable to Him, and to the Kingdom of God. He had to show me that he made me on purpose…for His purpose. He let me know that my presence on the earth was not only relevant—but necessary. His love for me helped strengthen my faith in Him.

Sometimes we may have to trust Him on shaky faith, but the word says that we only have to have faith the size of a mustard seed. He is an all-knowing, all-powerful God, and because He loves us so much, He will never call us to do something that He has not prepared us for. By faith…believe, and watch Him work.

Until next time…

Be blessed!

Fear of Faith

Fear of Faith

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I know…that sounds crazy. How can you have fear of faith? For the last couple of weeks, we have been talking about destiny. And even though our destiny is tailor-made for us, we can delay our destiny by being fearful. I have heard people say, “What is for me is for me, and no one can take it from me.” I believe that too. But I also know that God will use someone else to do what we will not. Now, we may eventually get around to it, but by then, God will have already raised someone else up to take our place, and our destiny will still belong to us. God will never change His mind about us, or what He has chosen for us to do, but He needs people who are going to trust Him more than they fear faith. 

See, faith will tell you that you can do anything. But fear will say don’t believe that! Romans 1:9 states, “For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.” That is good in theory, but the reality of it can be scary, right? That’s where we have to tap into God’s grace. His grace steps in to combine with our faith so that we can do all that God has called us to do. He gives us just enough faith to handle each challenge we face. That way, we won’t get boastful; thinking more highly of ourselves than we should (Romans 12:3). We have the choice right now to change our way of thinking, and to not allow fear to keep us from what God wants to do in our lives; and what we can do for the Kingdom of God. 

I believe that God is calling us to a higher purpose in this season, and we have to stop having fear of faith. In John 14:12 it says, “I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.” God has a plan for us, and He will be there with us every step of the way. We just have to let His voice speak louder than that of our fear.

Until next time…

Be blessed!