wednesday i did something i have not done in awhile. i coloured! with crayons - i colored winnie-the-pooh playing football and annie coloured eeyore. it was fun :)that same day i went to home group and we talked about faith. and belief. we discussed which comes "first", or whether one is first at all. now, i know where i stand, but the nature of that question (which comes first?) is that people will always argue it, since everyone has a different idea of what each is. the words are the kind of words that can be debated and expounded on to the degree that they can seem the same or vastly different.
i would like to throw another word into the mix. trust. how does that one fit in? (again, i have a formula in my head, but not everyone sees things as i do. also, formulas are not always safe when we are discussing a relationship with God!) i was going to keep this brief... just one more thought. when people pray for healing for others or themselves, they often think "do i have enough faith?" which can lead to a lot of yuckiness when people accuse or argue about amounts of faith. i want to ignore that for now and think about trust when we pray for healing, whether that be physical or spiritual healing. do we trust that God is good? that he wants to give us good gifts? that he is sovereign? that he hears every word we say, and wants us to ask? do we trust the miracles God has performed in the past? do we trust that life in him is abundant? do we trust that in all things, he loves us?
further, do we even know the Word he's given us to build our trust and faith in him? have we immersed ourselves in knowledge of God and the pursuit of relationship with him? i would venture to say that if we haven't, we should be careful about limiting healing to our faith or our doubt. it is up to God. whom we trust.
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Wow..I got shivers.
Trust is key in our relationship with Jesus! You can have faith and believe in God but a whole new and essential element is added to the picture when you mix TRUST with FAITH and BELIEF...and LOVE! love love love!
marcia, I need to see you soon! I'm feeling some hardcore withdrawl!
That is so true. Trust and Faith and belief are 3 seperated things but so interwine that one can't pin point where one end and the other begins
...I have too be thinking about what faith has to do with living as a Christian... When I heard Steven Curtis Chapman song DIVE, it made me think about how I need to let go of all the things that make logical sense in the physical world and give everything up in order to have faith in God. Here is a part of the lyrics DIVE
...My heart is racing and my knees are weak As I walk to the edge
I know there is no turning back
Once my feet have left the ledge
And in the rush I hear a voice
That's telling me it's time to take a leap of faith
So here I go!...But we will never know the awesome power of the grace of God Until we let ourselves get swept away Into this holy flood So if you'll take my hand We'll close our eyes and count to three And take the leap of faith
Come on let's go!
We can say we trust, believe and have faith in Him...but we won't know the true meaning of all that if we don't take a leap of faith. I been reading the faith chapter (Heb 11) All those people left behind family, fortune and other things because God told them to. Am I that faithful? Am I willing to give up everything (even when I don't have the support of others) to do something that God is calling me to do?
First of all...the Big W is AWESOME, second, coloring is sooo much fun and I just love to do it still at 25!!!
Alright, so I really needed to hear this with all the health issues going on...
I heard something said on a particular show I watch...a character who had cancer and wasn't healed said, "Faith isn't just believing that a miracle will come, but believeing even when the miracle doesn't come!" That's hard, but so true. You are so right...He is good, He can be trusted, He is faithful, and He truly will provide our every need!
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