Faith - Real Faith...

We are now in Colorado visiting Stephanie and Jeremy. It has been nice to stop traveling for a while and have time to read and reflect. I am reading a short book called Real Faith and it has been eye opening for me. The main point is that faith is not something you have in your mind - it is within your heart and it is a gift from God. On the surface that seems obvious since that is what God says in His Word in Ephesians 2:8, but faith is often not thought of in that way. Faith seems to very easily be turned into positive thinking, where we try to convince ourselves in our minds that we really do believe the promises of God. That is more belief than faith. According to the Bible faith is a powerful thing. Only a mustard seed is needed to move mountains. Throughout my Christian walk I have always wondered why we see so little being done by those who proclaim to have faith - including myself. I am beginning to realize that what I had in the past considered to be faith was not really faith at all. Faith is not something I can force to happen in my life. Faith is something that is received from God - it is a gift. When God gives it to me then I can believe for healing and wholeness and restoration and on and on. The key is that I must call out to God and rely on Him and wait upon Him to give me faith for the moment to accomplish what He has for me to do.

The bottom line to all this is that faith is not about me and what I can conjure up in my mind. Faith is about God and what He can do in and through me for His glory. I am still processing all of this but I think there is something great to be had here. May the Lord bless you as you seek to walk by faith - real faith that God has placed within your heart.