Faith: the duty of fulfilling one’s trust. In this case, my trust in God.
Faith is an act of worship. Worship is an act of love.
Before I go into detail, I just want to clarify that this is something that God has been CLEARLY trying to tell me the past week. Whether it was through fellowship or church, God is using the people in my life to get a message across to me. I think that’s pretty awesome.
So, I recently had a bible study with some of my co-workers in regards to faith. I really wish we could have recorded it in some way, because remembering everything off of the top of my head is difficult. (Rod, if you are reading this… sorry if I missed a lot, next time lets make a podcast.) But anyway, we read Hebrews chapter one. Just by the first couple of verses alone I knew it was from God. “God speaks to us in various ways, but in the last days he will speak to us through his son, Jesus.” That is pretty much the gist of verses 1-3. We then went on to talk about faith. Where does our faith come from? How do we have faith? What do we have faith in? What is faith?
Romans chapter 5. Good old Romans.
“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.” (Romans 5:1-5)
So, where does our faith come from? Jesus Christ. How do we have faith? God’s love in our hearts through the Holy Spirit aka Jesus. What do we have faith in? Hope of the glory of God. What is faith? Peace with God.
These are really just answers to my own questions because I’ve been struggling a lot with doubt. Doubt is the fear that something won’t happen. But faith is the Hope that it will. After only a month of being accepted on for this trip, I didn’t realize how much trust I was lacking in God. I’ve sinned because I didn’t believe I could do what He has called me to do. But thankfully God is full of grace, and forgives. I really hope that He continues to reveal himself to me like this, so that I can become stronger in Him.
“I may be weak, but your spirit is strong in me. My flesh may fail, but my God you never will.” I hope this song gets stuck in your head, because it’s stuck in mine.
With all that being said, I can’t wait till January! I TRUST God. He HAS called me. He WILL provide. Pray that I don’t let my flesh get in the way.
