“Look at that man, bloated by self-importance— full of himself but soul-empty. But the person in right standing before God through loyal and steady believing is fully alive, really alive.” – Habakkuk 2:4 (MSG)
Some of us spend days in church performing church duties – we’re on this committee and that committee, we’re in the choir, worship team, we faithfully attend Bible Study and are first to arrive for the weekly prayer meeting – yet, with all this “church”, we don’t seem to possess the faith to believe, truly believe.
In fact, we are so wrapped up in our religious activities, we neglect the spiritual – physically producing but mentally lacking. Faith to believe, truly believe comes only when our minds are so renewed that we believe, without a doubt, that all things are possible through Christ. It’s faith that goes beyond what we can see, taste, hear, smell, and touch. It’s faith that has nothing to do with what you do but everything to do with what you know.
Memorizing Scripture verses is not an indication of great faith but believing the Word of God is. It’s faith that will keep you from falling apart in the midst of spiritual warfare, and keeps you going through those seasons of testing sore.
“Don’t fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear!” – James 1:22 (MSG)
Faith to believe, truly believe, is faith that causes you to leave that job that you hate even though you don’t see another job on the horizon but you know, in your gut, that it is time to move on, and that God is your provider.
My friend, without faith to believe, truly believe, you will struggle through life rather than live through the struggle, settle for toxic relationships rather than spit out that poison in the face of singleness, continuously worry about the future rather than resting easy knowing that God has designed a great plan for your life…faith to believe, truly believe makes life livable.
“It’s what we trust in but don’t yet see that keeps us going. Do you suppose a few ruts in the road or rocks in the path are going to stop us?” – 2 Corinthians 5:7 (MSG)
All those countless hours doing church can never fill the emptiness you feel, or lift you out of depression or relieve stress, but loyal steady believing in God removes it all. Your situation may not necessarily change but the impact it has on you certainly will.
Faith to believe, truly believe, is powerful faith! It’s faith that gives you power to bulldoze through every obstacle set along your life path. It is that “live by faith not by sight” faith.
Beloved, believe in faith, believe that faith works and will work for you. Be determined to be a doer of faith, be persistent in your resolve to develop your faith and the Holy Spirit of God will do the rest…be intentional with your faith...faith to believe, truly believe.
Amen†
Faith to Believe, truly Believe…
Shelley Johnson October 2, 2017
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