Blog Post
Good morning! A wonderful, productive, and restful Thursday is made for us today.
I saw a sign on the way to work yesterday that said, "Prayer is the key to the locked door. Faith unlocks it."
I kind of agree with that statement, but there is so much more to it than that. As Paul says in 2 Corinthians 5:7, "For we live by faith, not by sight."
Faith is our action taken in response to belief in God. Jesus says that if we pray and have faith the size of a mustard seed, great things will happen. I am not discounting prayer with faith. I am pointing out that faith is the core of who we are as Children of God.
Who of us has seen God or Jesus? Yet we have faith that He is true to His Word and has cleansed us from ALL unrighteousness. Our salvation cannot happen without faith in Jesus.
However, as we grow in Jesus, our faith should grow as well. Wouldn't it be awesome if we had the faith to walk into a hospital room and tell the sick person to be healed and the person is immediately healed? That is the faith that we should have. That is the faith the Apostles had. And that is the faith that changed the world. The fact that we have thousands of churches and little change in this world is a testament to the lack of faith we, as a whole, have.
If we struggle with faith, let us be like the disciples who asked Jesus, "help us with our unbelief." Where we grow from here is our choice.
May our faith grow and never stop. May the works we do glorify Jesus, and our faith allow Him to work mightily. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
-A brother in Jesus
