WALK BY FAITH

We cannot do it on our own... but when we have faith in him... WOW!

2 Corinthians 5:7 (NIV) "We live by faith, not by sight."

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Miracles should be a daily occurrence. "God things" should be the norm if we truly know and abide in Christ. Men and women leave ministry every day, their lives shattered against a measurable faith by the hammering blows of life.  Life lived in human power is consuming and futile but life lived in God's power is powerful and purpose driven. 

As a wife, mother, friend, family member ... in any relationship, we cannot lead where we have not been, we cannot share what we do not possess and we cannot convey a message of power from a powerless life.  God stands ready to pour His power in and through us to a world filled with hurting, wounded and hopeless people.  All of His power is at our disposal yet we are satisfied to live our days filled with results that can be understood and easily explained in human terms.  I desperately want to live in such a way that one day I can look back in wonder at all of the "God things" He did in and through my life.  I pray that those who come behind me will celebrate an ordinary life that was lived in extraordinary ways and is explainable only through a power man can neither produce nor comprehend -- God's power. 

The power of God is unleashed through faith.  Faith is a personal issue.  Just as we cannot inherit or borrow faith, neither can we rely on the faith of anyone else.  We must have our own personal faith. 

As a freshman in college, I began dating a young man whose faith was very different from my own. Normally, I would never have considered dating anyone whose beliefs were in such stark contrast to mine, but we had so many other things in common and so enjoyed being together that we decided to take the risk and just date for fun.  Big mistake!  Neither one of us was prepared for the fact that our relationship quickly escalated into a serious one but we both realized that unless we resolved the faith issue, we would never have a future together.

I had attended church from birth and simply assumed that my beliefs were right because they were all I knew -- until someone I really cared about questioned the authenticity of my commitment to God.  I began to examine my faith and ended up making it my own. While a human relationship ended, I will be forever grateful that God used that young man to affirm my belief system, test my faith and deepen my eternal relationship with God.