Faith is a very
interesting topic, I’m not sure I understand it as I ort; its one thing to
theoretically understand, but quite another to live the theory. We must live
what we preach or maybe a better way of saying that is to live what we
represent. As Christians we all have the Spirit of God who indwells us, feeds
our hope and drive us towards our glorious God and Father seeking out His
mercies which are never ending. It’s the work of the Spirit that enables us to
cry “Abba Father”! – Please Daddy help me! I can assure you its not some seven
step program that helps us achieve this, although many propagate this idea.
That’s the carnal way of life, mans intervention to achieve their desire results.
We are naturally inclined to be instinctively bent towards that way of
thinking. Faith drives us from that philosophy. I refer to those who are truly
born again and have faith in the finished work of the cross; whereas many other
religions seem to piggyback on the natural strength of humanism; religions that
use what comes naturally as a tool to further their quest to deceive, which can
all be summed up under the heading of “dead works”, efforts made on behalf of
an individual to find favour from God outside of the Lord Jesus’ sacrifice, the
One who died for me, He died so that I could find forgiveness for my sin and
there is nothing else that will reconcile me back to a Sovereign God, the only
true God! The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob!
Every Christian
believes in their glorious God and Father as the “way, the truth and the life.”
This is an undisputable fact; however I would dare to suggest that not many of
us live by faith the way we should. We are so calculating when it comes to our
lives that we make sure we are taken care of and then the rest follows, tithing
and the like is a true test of faith and I have erred repeatedly in this area
of my life; its one thing to give from our surplus but quite another to give
from a position of weakness; its here were we are great with our reasoning on
why we shouldn’t. Faith always finds a way to keep us committed to the task at
hand, when actioned correctly. It relies on a greater power that supersedes our
natural abilities. Here is the biblical definition of faith; “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the
conviction of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1) – Our natural minds hates to operate under
these conditions, it logically does not make sense. It declares that when we
reason like this we are foolish and unwise. If I don’t have enough, how can I
then give away what I do not have and so on? Faith operates outside of the
realm of our control, which is why we are called to walk by faith; it glorifies
God and nullifies our efforts. God is not willing to share His glory with
another, period! Why should the created look for dominance over the creator?
This is what has been penned on God's requirement with our faith towards His
abilities and not our own; “but my righteous one
shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.
But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who
have faith and preserve their souls.” (Hebrews
10:38-39) - Its faith in Christ which
justifies us and nothing else.
Faith demands a loyalty to our God and Father which
in turn glorifies Him and not us. We can have no influence on the supernatural,
which is God’s domain. We can however be use by God as a vessel to channel
faith. We must all seriously seek out true understanding on the issue of faith
in our lives. Especially as creation begins to croak with groans of the
anticipation of the revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ for the second time;
“Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be
changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the
trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be
changed. For this
perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on
immortality.” (1Corinthians
15:51-53) – We believe this day will
arrive, there is no doubt about it in the mind of the Christian, and yet our
daily application to faith in our lives suffers want; we battle to institute
God’s ability to house, clothe and feed us just as the Lord Jesus taught
exposing the lack of faith He witnessed whilst on earth; we cannot serve both
God and mammon, these types of motivations looks to keep us in control and it
is a ploy used by the enemy to kindle our faith in Christ. It’s as simple as that.
Look back on your lives and examine the times of
despair and see how you have been rescued from them and with a little
consideration it will soon become obvious that our heavenly Father looks out
for us, praise His glorious name, Amen!
Its time to finally put this topic to bed and look
to God for His grace to apply myself correctly in this area of my life and I
would encourage all to do the same.
Signing off
Tyrone
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