Thursday, September 24, 2015

Faith

 "Without faith it is impossible to please God; anyone who comes to Him must believe that HE IS and that He rewards those who diligently seek Him." Hebrews 11:6

"If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Be removed and cast into the midst of the sea,' the mountain will move and nothing shall be impossible to you." Matthew 17:20
"God has given to every man a measure of faith." Romans 12:3

God has set you up--in a good way. First, He tells you that you have no possibility of pleasing Him if you don't have faith. He doesn't say He doesn't love you. He doesn't say He is indifferent to you or your needs. No. He's simply informing you that if you want Him to move in your behalf, you must seek Him with a full heart and you must expect that He will maintain His integrity by doing what He's promised to do.

Second, He tells you that even if you have mustard seed faith--small faith--you can move mountains. You can move mountains of doubt. You can move mountains of persecution. You can move mountains of prejudice. You can move mountains of despair. You can move mountains of illness. You can move mountains of poverty. You can move mountains of loss. You can move mountains of failure. With the tiniest seed of faith in Jesus, you can move any mountain that looms before you; you can move any mountain that separates you from your hope. NOTHING shall be impossible to you.

Third, He tells you that you HAVE faith. You may not think you have faith. You may be a skeptic. You may, within yourself and your own resources, doubt the very existence of God, but if you are willing to stir it up, if you are willing to draw faith from the deep reservoir of your selfhood, you will discover that it is indeed within you, for the Holy One has Himself placed it there!

Don't deny yourself the blessing of faith and all that it can avail to you.

Claim it.
Employ it.
Share it.
Benefit from it.
 
 

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