Faith
“And without faith it is impossible to
please [H]im, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that [H]e exists
and that [H]e rewards those who seek [H]im.” Hebrews 11:6 [my correction].
Yesterday I started devotion about faith
and what God called a widow to step out in faith. If you did not read it please
go back and refresh before diving in to the last bit of this devotion…
I wish I could tell you that I had faith
like that! That I trust God would keep my jars full through three years of a
drought, after giving my last bit of food to a prophet. That I woke up one
morning, and believe that God would provide all my needs and not to worry about
anything. No it took a painful year of having things ripe out of my hands to
truly face that my faith was built on sand and not the rock of God! I had to
lose everything …. to gain the faith of unshakable today! God had to make sure
that everything I lean on for my faith was taken away and all I had was God
alone! And to tell you the truth, I didn’t lean on him until the day I
could barely get home one day and had to be talked home by a friend. That is
when I knew I had nothing, but God and the only one to get me out of this pit
was God! That is when my faith became an action!
I started slowly at first, but reaching out
to certain people who had a godlike faith to help me taken those steps of
faith. I had someone who called me daily to make sure I ate at least two times
day and took me out once a week for a hot meal (thanks Mama Bisset), I had
someone who prayed with me every morning (thanks Jeni Ducket), I had someone
who gave me scripture daily (thanks Jenny Springstein), I had someone that made
sure I got to church on time (Thanks Linda Fetherolf), and I finally had
someone or some people who pray for me every day (thanks Koren and Sean Hilliard).
When you are hopeless and have nothing to
live for, to take a step of Faith is something that is beyond your control, but
I had to take that first step of faith for God to meet me. Once I began to take
the steps of faith… I realized I didn’t need to depend on anyone but God. That
is when my faith grew into solid ground instead of the sand it was built on. I
had to learn to take those small steps of faith before I could start taking giant
leaps of faith. To follow God’s commands to move to Africa to server him whole heartily
was giant leap of faith, which seemed easy enough because I learned to take the
small steps of faith along the way.
A person once told me that “Faith is believing that God will
fulfill the promise He has given you, even thou you might not see one thing
being materialized about the promise!” God is at work all around us for His glory. We
have to believe in that and have faith that God knows what He is doing. When
God gives us an impossible task, it takes faith to believe that God will supply
the means for the task even when we don’t see it happening. The widow took a
step of faith to believe that God would keep His promise of never letting the
jars run empty. I am taking a step of faith to believe that God will show me
the correct way around the mountain that stands in front of me and His glory!
So think about it… what is God calling you to take a step
out in faith? Is it to move across country, talk to a certain someone, to love
an unlovable person, or to simple understand that God exists? If you just have faith of mustard seed you can
do all things through Christ who gives you strength! So what are you afraid of… take that step of
faith and watch as you see God meet you with each step. A life of faith is far
more exciting then controlling everything and not be able to live for God!
By Nikki McGann
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