There are things that your head knows through and through, but your heart can’t seem to wrap around.
And then there are other things that don’t make logical sense at all, but you know are true.
Faith is one of those things that intellectually speaking, I’ve known a lot about. From Biblical definition to applicable examples, I could describe faith perfectly.
The problem is that faith isn’t something you can acquire through studies or discussions. It’s something that establishes itself deep within, something that is birthed through experience.
Time after time, God steps in when you need him most and makes something beautiful out of the mess.
Countless prayers are answered.
Without fail you experience his faithfulness.
And soon you begin to know, I mean really know, that He always comes through.
Today I was asked what the biggest lesson that God has been teaching me this year… I answered faith. It’s not a new message, rather it’s as old time itself, but this time He is teaching it to my heart.
Powerful encounters with the Holy Spirit have knocked me off my feet and broken down the walls that I unintentionally put around God. Face to face with God’s power has stirred a hunger within. There is so much more for us.
As I have watched specific prayers answered over the months, I can’t help but see that our prayers actually move the Father’s heart.
Now when I go back to the Bible, the words have come alive to me again. The stories aren’t just tales of an ancient era, but they are REAL. Countless like them are happening every day that involve healing, miraculous transformation and crazy displays of God’s power just like the ones I’ve studied. I know because I’ve seen them with my own eyes. And I have seen them because I asked to see them.
An urgency is stirring deep inside. My prayers are changing. They are getting bigger, and more detailed. I keep waking up at 6 am overwhelmed with excitement to pray. I have a Friend who can actually do something about the brokenness around me, and who cares enough to do something when I ask. My prayers impact the future.
When I think about it too long I don’t get how it all works (with God’s sovereignty and all), but I do know that prayer changes things.
The more that I understand the heart of God, the more that I want to live a radical life of faith. I want to live the life He has for me. With every fiber of my being I believe it is better. It’s better than anything I could imagine or create on my own.
I just trust him- I can’t help it anymore.
Beginning to end, I’m asking Him to write my story.
You can’t fake faith. You can’t conjure it up or analyze it into existence.
Rather it forms from encounters with God’s faithfulness.
It starts as a mustard seed, but in time grows as mountains begin to shift.
I encourage you just to try. Give Him an opportunity to step into your story and prove his faithfulness. I promise that He will not fail you.
