The hardest part of faith is believing in what we cannot
touch, see or feel—knowing something that rides just outside of our senses is
real. We have no problem believing when we see the evidence but most of what
faith demands is silent and invisible—like bones.
We understand the fact of faith but struggle with the
content. Quite often you’ll hear someone with great boldness say, “I have no
problem believing, I just have a hard time trusting.” It’s as though they can
separate faith into the act of believing and the act of trusting. You can’t. If
we are not trusting, we do not believe. We are, in fact, disbelieving—choosing to
deny or doubt what we have known to be true.
Every one of us has been brought up to be self-reliant…even
by godly parents. They wanted us to be able to stand up to and withstand the tortures
of life, which is very biblical, only the Bible goes on to tell us in whom and
on what we are to stand. Stand firm in
the Lord…stand in the grace of God…stand firm in the presence of His glory.
It never tells us to be strong in our own might—in fact, just the opposite.
My strength never plays into the formula of faith. Faith
requires belief and trust, which aren’t measured, enhanced or enacted by my
strength. Even the man who admitted he needed help believing still got his son
healed.
Joy flows from the category of faith. I can’t see it, I don’t
know where it’s stored, I can’t make it come forth. All I know it’s there, as
real as my next breath, and will manifest itself if I will acknowledge what
interferes with it. What might that be? My lack of confidence that God is presence
in my life.
This is no game. It is reality. God is present. I can trust
Him to accomplish what concerns me. If I remove all doubt to His presence and
activity, I will experience His joy flowing through my life.
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