I know I am not in God's Word as much as I should be (or as much as I would like to be for that matter...) but every time I get in it and read, I just fall in love with it all over again. I find myself thinking, "Why on earth am I not reading this more everyday?!?"
I don't know what it is exactly... nothing stuck out to me in a "this was totally written for me, for this moment..." type of way. I still have moments like that, but tonight, it was more of just an admiration. Just a sense of awe.
Tonight it came from reading Galatians 3- justification through faith. That we share in the promise God made to Abraham and are made right with God through our faith. God said to him long ago, "All nations will be blessed through you" (Gen. 12:3) That means us- the Gentiles. We don't have to be subject to obeying all the rules that come from the Law in order to be right with God, but it is by faith.
"It is through faith that a person has life." -- Hab. 2:4
That is what has inspired my awe and shown me over again my love for the Word.
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6.5.09
walk by faith
Something that has been on my mind and my heart a lot lately- especially in light of the changes going on- is walking by faith. God's word tells us to "live by faith, not by sight." [2 Corinthians 5:7] What does that really mean? To walk by faith and not by sight...
According to one man, "faith is the confidence we have in possessing the things we hope for because of the promises of God."
[Martin G. Collins, Forerunner Commentary, "Faithfulness," August 1998]
So... we are to walk in the confidence we have because of God's promises and not by those external things that we see. But those things around us... they seem so daunting. The worries of how I'm going to get a job, where I'm going to get a job, when... what kind of a job it's going to be... when I can get into full-time ministry with the love of my life... All of those things can set up and take out eyes off of Jesus, off of our faith, what we hope for, what we live for...
One of my favorite reminders when we're being drowned out by our circumstances is this:
"This is faith- trusting God with my past, present, and my future even though logically, I should trust no one but myself.
But if I do rely on my own insight, I will spend my life risking nothing, depending only on what I can see and touch. I will be my own rescuer. I will listen to my doubts, debate God's ways, and cling to my own understanding- and suffer the consequences of these choices by dwelling in the wilderness, living in fear, and going under in the storm."
[Cynthia Heald, Becoming a Woman of Faith, p. 15]
Well I'm broken- but I still see Your face
Well You've spoken- pouring Your words of grace
Well I will walk by faith even when I cannot see...
[Jeremy Camp]
According to one man, "faith is the confidence we have in possessing the things we hope for because of the promises of God."
[Martin G. Collins, Forerunner Commentary, "Faithfulness," August 1998]
So... we are to walk in the confidence we have because of God's promises and not by those external things that we see. But those things around us... they seem so daunting. The worries of how I'm going to get a job, where I'm going to get a job, when... what kind of a job it's going to be... when I can get into full-time ministry with the love of my life... All of those things can set up and take out eyes off of Jesus, off of our faith, what we hope for, what we live for...
One of my favorite reminders when we're being drowned out by our circumstances is this:
"This is faith- trusting God with my past, present, and my future even though logically, I should trust no one but myself.
But if I do rely on my own insight, I will spend my life risking nothing, depending only on what I can see and touch. I will be my own rescuer. I will listen to my doubts, debate God's ways, and cling to my own understanding- and suffer the consequences of these choices by dwelling in the wilderness, living in fear, and going under in the storm."
[Cynthia Heald, Becoming a Woman of Faith, p. 15]
Well I'm broken- but I still see Your face
Well You've spoken- pouring Your words of grace
Well I will walk by faith even when I cannot see...
[Jeremy Camp]
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