Faith in and of itself goes against our natural instincts.
There is no faith without an obstacle. Faith asks us to trust without doubt,
despite what our life experiences have taught us. At times faith appears to
reach beyond common sense.
Before I go any further, please understand that blind faith
does not exist. Blind faith really is insanity. Faith requires trust, and if
you do not know who, why, or what you are trusting, you are making a
mistake.
The reason we struggle with faith is due to the human nature
of relying on what we know. We see things through our eyes and our experiences.
When you place faith in God, you are trusting the Creator of all things. You
are trusting and all powerful God that has no limitations. He knows all things,
future, past, and present. God knows the outcome before you do anything at all.
True faith is placing trust in God even when things appear impossible. Faith is
to believe God with all of your heart mind and soul, even when the situation
appears crazy.
Noah – He built a boat on dry land and preached about a
flood. Crazy
Abraham – He followed God on a journey without knowing where
He was going. Crazy
Moses – Nothing Moses did after he left Egypt was for his
own sake. Everything he did required faith. When he left Egypt God placed him
on a nightmare journey, with a job no one wanted. At the end of it all his
people were free, and they entered the promised land. Crazy
Daniel – He stood his ground and refused to worship anything
except the One True God of Israel. He found himself safe and sound in a den of
hungry lions. Crazy
The examples of faith throughout the Bible seem endless.
What I need you to see is that God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary
things. Faith is what made every patriarch in the Bible great.
David was a shepherd. He was a puny kid with a future in shearing
sheep fleece. Who would have guessed that he would one day become the king of
Israel?
Stop doubting; do something crazy.
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