Faith. What words can describe faith? How can someone possibly describe such a dedicated action? I've heard a few descriptions on faith.
I know that "Faith without works is dead" (James 2:17)
And I know that "Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." (Hebrews 11:1)
And that "Faith is not believing that God can. It's knowing that He will."
That last ones my favorite. To me, having faith in God is one of my most difficult challenges. I know many of you may laugh at hearing that. Especially, if you've heard me say "God will provide" numerous times. Really though, I need to continuously have the words, "Have faith, Naomi." playing in my head. And anytime I'm reminded to have faith is a welcome time indeed.
The question I ask today is why is it so easy to have faith in God when we're younger, but not when we're older? God tells us that we "Must have the faith of a child." To go more into depth, "Assuredly, I say to you, Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it." (Mark 10:15, Luke 18:17)
We need child-like faith to be the Christians that God wants us to be. In order to be all we can, we need to step out and know that God will be with us and guide us no matter what.
When we're children, it's so easy to believe what's we're taught, right? God will say, "Trust me." And we'll say, "Okay." But as we grow older, God still says, "Trust me." But now we're saying, "Well, God... Here's the thing..."
All God's ever asked of us is to believe in Him and have faith. It shouldn't be too hard! We get so caught up in things down here, I know that, but still, that's no excuse.
We want to do great things, don't we? Well, in order to do that, we NEED to have FAITH! No questions asked! God says, "Have faith," you say, "YESSIR, GOD!" Got that?
The Red Sea didn't part just because Moses raised a stick. No, he had FAITH!
The walls didn't just tumble down because a bunch of people got exercise walking around it for seven days. They had FAITH!
Are you getting the theme here?
Do you expect to do great things? Cause your gonna need faith. You can't pull a Peter and walk on water without faith. So, go ahead and have faith. Who knows! Maybe, one day, that'll be you parting seas, breaking down walls, and walking on water.
Although... Just to be on the safe side... You probably shouldn't try that last one just yet.
