Fearless Faith
"The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you”. Deuteronomy 31:8, ESV
My hubby and I were laying in bed. When I woke up he said, “I’ve been awake for a while and it is still very early. I can’t get back to sleep.” I asked him if he had talked to God to see why he had him up. He said, “No.” So I said, “Okay, let me pray and we will ask him.” In my prayer, God literally took over which is what I love and before I knew it my husband was asleep. When I ended the prayer it was with the words, I am fearless! I thought, “Hum…. this is not the first time you have spoken that to me. You have been telling me that I am fearless in faith! That I am fearless!” I got up and headed down to my office to write.
I was ready to write about fearless, but I asked God, “Who should I listen to, or what should I do to feed my soul this morning?” Everyday I seek the word from God because when he taught the disciples to pray he told them to pray and ask for their daily bread; which is of course the word of God. So at that moment I asked the questions my phone pinged and it was from my niece. But it was just a link to a YouTube video with the topic Fearless Faith Moved Me Into My New Home! I knew that this was not a coincidence, but God’s direction.
I sat and listened to this young lady give her testimony about how God had moved her from an apartment to a brand new home with little to no money. When the time comes for God to move us in whatever he has for us, he will send encouragement along the way. The path to the young ladies new home came with struggles and tests that built her faith. She almost gave up because the down payment was so high and was going to drain her bank account. But God had given her a friend who encouraged her and prayed her through the ordeal.
One of the amazing parts about her testimony was that the thing that almost caused her to quit was the thing God had already handled. But she would not find that out until she walked through the whole process. By the time she was to put down the deposit and first month’s rent, God had worked out a plan so she only paid something like four hundred dollars.
When we are ready to step into all that God has for us, he prepares the soil and then the pressure comes. The only way to get to that new level of faith is through challenges. If we want to build muscle we have to lift the weight to get that muscle. It is the same with our faith. To achieve physical or spiritual strength we will go through areas of struggle. But in the midst of struggle God says,"The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you”. Deuteronomy 31:8
Key points:
The struggle is apart of acquiring the fearless faith
Nothing comes with out the lifting of weight
We are never alone as we grow in faith because God never stops working.
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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