March 7, 2008...2:52 pm
The Wonderful Walk Of Faith
“O’ Lord, please, show me your will.” Have you ever prayed that prayer? Sometimes, I long to know more of God’s plan for my life than He is presently willing to share with me. I guess what I really want is for the Lord to give me a detailed life map - in advance - which clearly illustrates every road that I will travel. This map should contain every potential pit fall and also every glorious blessing that I can expect to find along the way. It would be nice, but it’s not God’s method. If the Lord were to map out our lives in this fashion, I believe we would all opt to pass up the journey altogether!
The life of faith is in reality a life of trust. It is a great spiritual adventure as daily we learn to place absolute confidence in that which we can not see. Paul the Apostle put it this way, “We look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.” (2 Cor. 4:18 KJV)
Faith is trusting in what we can not see. But, the eyes of faith are never blind. The eyes of faith can look beyond the limitations of the human experience. They fix their gaze upon Jesus, the author and the finisher of our faith. The eyes of faith can peer into the realm of the Almighty. They see things which, at present, may be non-existent here on this earth. And, they see those nonexistent things as if they already were a reality. Why? Because faith is reality. It is the evidence of what, at least at this moment, can not be seen with natural eyes.
By faith we enter the race that is set before us. And, it is faith which enables us to run our appointed course with patient endurance. Swiftly, steadily, each step of faith moves us forward. By faith we hurdle obstacles and even move mountains. By faith our lives are expended in the service of almighty God and thus, we fulfill our destiny.
Hoping your day is blessed and fruitful,
Dr.J
Joseph A. Cerreta, Ph.D., is an author, broadcaster, popular Bible teacher, and the Senior Pastor of New Covenant Family Church in Holiday, Florida. (C) 2008 by Joseph A Cerreta, all rights reserved.
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