PRAISE THE LORD!
Lords speaks to us every day,. Every moment. Only if we give
right attention and right heart I know we can understand his great truths and
wisdom for us to lead this worldly life.
When situation around us are far from the blessings listed
in Bible for Believers, followers, lovers, Fans of Christ. We are often
baffled, discouraged. We question our faith and condemn us.
The TRUTH of matter is we do not realize we are looking at
the fear of our heart as a reality around us.
Are we hallucinating?
Kind of. We are trance of belief and unbelief. We are
swinging between the two worlds. World of Fear and Truth. Hence the confusion
and questions.
How?
One may argue I have faith, I am a believer. I believe
Christ alone.
Yes. You have Faith. Faith to have a future, those
tremendous faiths brings great blessings. But, not now. In future.
Why in future? Why
not now?
The faith you have
put aside for the future is the great faith. Faith in imagination is greater
than what we exercise. Root of the faith
(in our imagination or what we aspire) should be Jesus Christ. In reality, the
foundation of that faith is mostly our human strength and brain knowingly or
unknowingly.
Let us see it:
We read the passage how Peter walked on the water. Now that
we know Peter walked on water. If we have enough faith, we can walk on the
water. Right?
Can you today step, Not into the surface of the lake, or a
river, or even a pool but just in bath tub and claim I have enough faith to
walk on the water ?
Hmm…NO. You know why. We still think subconsciously we have
certain power and authority over the things we do.
We do not let ourselves free and let GOD deals with the
situations. We want to put our thoughts, ideas and comprehension. Then we couple
it with the faith in GOD. This makes things worse for us. We have doubts.
We think about Law of Buoyancy, Archimedes principle…who knows our mind may be even imagining Archimedes running into the king’s court straight from the bath tub.
We think about Law of Buoyancy, Archimedes principle…who knows our mind may be even imagining Archimedes running into the king’s court straight from the bath tub.
Hebrews 11:1 speak about the difference between faith and mental assent.
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things
not seen.
Faith is belief beyond the physical senses not based on
circumstances (what we see, hear, feel, taste, or touch). Mental assent says, yes, agreeing in the mind
something is true, but the heart has not grasped it as true.
First few steps of
Faith:
#1. Spiritual Desire - Know that you have actually
willingness to walk on the water. A spiritual desire to step in the water.
#2. Divine Purpose – Know you have a purpose attached to it.
Life on earth is a serious business. We are not here to fiddle around the
faith. Faith to own a BMW is a big joke. You can’t test GOD with that. However
remember that GOD wants you to have all the blessings. So, Rejoice in the lord and you will have the desires of your heart.
#3. GOD’s will – Know that you have Lord’s will and hand in
it. This is the most important. GOD said YES to us to witness today’s dawn.
Every breath we take is because GOD said YES to us. GOD’s will in every step of
your faith is a must.
#4. Total Surrender – Complete surrender of your being, to the
Lord. Conscious acceptance of that it’s
thru him alone the world operates. Acknowledge that everything is in HIS
control. Now, This is the hardest thing to do. This dates back to the Adam and
Eve time when that guy tricked to eat that fruit. Bible says, Fruit opened the
eyes of knowledge… Human Knowledge. You have to close those eyes and open your
eyes of faith to GOD.
God has given every man the
measure of faith (Rom. 12:3).
For through the grace given to me I say to
everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think;
but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a
measure of faith.
It is our choice to walk out what God has given us now and
allow it to grow through the hearing of the Word. (Rom. 10:17)
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
Once you realize and exercise that kind of faith in present (that
you are dreaming/dreamt to have) is when you unleash the abundant blessings
from above,…from GOD.
GOD BLESS!
