You are one or the other...
Dictionary.com says that Faith is: confidence or trust in a person or thing.
You either trust God fully or you do not trust him at all. Since Faith is confidence and trust, faith is also a choice we have to make everyday. Naturally we would love to just trust ourselves or money to do and make happen whatever we want and need. But that is our sinful nature, and if we are born again we are free from those old ways. It is impossible to please God without faith! Look at this:
Hebrews 11:6 - And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Without Faith you offend God! Whenever the disciples would slip up on their Faith or the Pharisees would question Jesus he would always respond with "You of little Faith!" I do not think he had a smile on his face when he made this statement. Why? Many times he would remind them of what He had done like in Matthew when he reminded the Pharisees about what He did when he took 5 loaves and 2 fish and fed 5,000 people!
We cannot forget all of the miracles God has done in our lives. I do not want to hear "You of little Faith" or be reminded of the time when Jesus did a miracle in my life.
Its not always easy trusting Jesus. Especially when everything is spinning out of control, Look at what happened to the disciples:
Matthew 8:23-27 23 Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. 24 Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. 25The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”
26 He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.
27 The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”
Remember who is with you and lives inside of you. Too many times we forget who we serve and belong too.
Today, put your trust fully in Jesus with everything you have and with every part of your life.
So you will be FaithFULL and so you can please God!
When you do this, people notice and when Jesus is announced in your life, people will be drawn to him and when that happen's you may be the cause of your entire mission field (work, school, neighborhood) to come to Jesus, and that is what God wants!
Please God-tick off the devil!
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