I started praying yesterday about what to share. It seemed as if nothing came to mind. As I laid in bed in the quiet of the early morning, still asking God what I needed to share – still nothing. The thought occurred to me to get up anyway. It’s in the quiet of the morning that I will be able to write – before my daughter wakes up and the sun comes up and the whole world starts to make noise.
I got up and determined to pick up my phone and bible anyway – even without a topic. Woah! Did I just exercise Faith? I think that’s what I did. Then I think back to yesterday. I came across two acronyms of Faith – one in our church bulletin, which states something along the lines: Forward All Items To Heaven. Then the later one in an email that I typically don’t open, much less to scroll through states: Full Assurance In Trusting Him.
Hebrews 11:1 NIV states ‘Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.’
There have been so many times that I’ve not been able to see something or how something will turn out, but I have to exercise faith and trust God for the outcome. When he placed the desire on my heart to move from one home to another when I had no such plans for myself, I had to trust Him. When I started doubting, He sent me a pointed reminder that He wasn’t looking at my bank account, He was looking at my faith. I had to seriously exercise some faith there because there was no way that I could afford what He was asking me to do – but guess what? He brought it to fruition, and figured out the funding. It wasn’t about me, it was about my being and learning how to trust Him.
As I went through my phone looking for the picture to share the exact words of faith with you, I realize I probably have more pictures of encouraging words or passages of scripture than I do actual pictures. I’ve needed a lot of encouragement and reminders along the way, and I take pictures so that I can use them for reference.
What are you trusting God for in faith? What looks impossible to you, but God is telling you and reminding you that He can work it out? My advice to you: Trust Him. Learn to have childlike faith. And when you forget, go back to passages of scripture and words of encouragement.
Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for your love. We thank you for your words and for the lessons of Faith and Trust. Help us to trust that you know the outcome because you can see the beginning from the end. Help us not to lean unto our own understanding but in all things to acknowledge you because you will direct our path.