Sometimes I feel like someone has snuck up behind me and is
trying to keep my hands from going up in worship. Trying to restrain me.
For me sometimes I just can’t help but to reach up to God in total joy
and sometimes I reach up because I can’t hold on to anything else.
Thankfully it is only a feeling, and we know though it is
difficult, we can fight a feeling, and we know that feelings can only be fought
(and won) with one thing… FAITH.
I find that it is no mistake that in the armor of God (Eph 6:10-20) that faith is a shield because we must often shield us from the things
that harm us. Like in a gunfight, the
first thing to do is find shelter. Even
though we have the sword of the Spirit, it is the shield that keeps us
safe. It is even put on BEFORE the
helmet of salvation.
Belt of Truth
Breastplate of Righteousness
Boots of peace
Shield of Faith
Helmet of Salvation
Sword of the Spirit
I wonder… I think (totally my thought here and I’m no
scholar but the more I learn God’s word, the more I love It and Him) and my
heart is telling me, we cannot be saved without Faith. Believing/Trusting God without FAITH is impossible. Turning our lives over to Him without Faith
really would be impossible. Even in
Matthew 17:20 Jesus tells them… He replied, “Because you have so little faith.
Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you
can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing
will be impossible for you.”
They had a little faith? A bunch
of peeps who left everything, and they had little faith? Whoa.
I think sometimes my faith is smaller than a mustard seed, maybe I could
move an ant hill or something.
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and
assurance about what we do not see
Sometimes the shield of Faith is heavy but we know that in
order to stay safe, we must never leave without it (like our own personal
American Express Card). How can we
fight the things of this world? And the
feelings in our own minds and hearts, I am not sure if WE can.
But I know who can! Josh 23:3 You yourselves have seen
everything the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake; it
was the LORD your God who fought for you
He fights for us, He died for us! And He never gives up on us.
Does it make you all silly and crazy inside knowing that if you were the
only one… He loved you so much that He would have got up on that cross and
sacrificed Himself for YOU?! Sometimes it’s
so hard to believe, but I know He really does love me THAT much. I have faith
that He does.
Like most people I think sometimes I get caught up in the
planning of life, looking at the checkbook, deciding what I can and can’t
afford… blah blah. Today, was one of those ‘don’t you trust Me?’
kind of days. God literally told me to
get out of the way today. I'll take care of this. HA! Oh boy.
You (me) of little faith.
I think about how much of my sin is worry. Ken Bussell once said to me “there’s a fine
line between worry and sin”! I’ll never
forget that as long as I live! And by
the way, how did I ever get so lucky as to have someone like him in my
life! SHEW! This is written on my heart and when I become (or start to be) overwhelmed... this resinates in me!
Today… as I have to do
every day (minute) I’m giving it all to Him. My life. Everything in my life! It’s all His. He’s smarter, bigger, more graceful, more loving than me.
Faith. I know, I believe
that He has it all. And not only does He
have it all… He is All.
P.S. I know this is all over the place, my heart is going a million
miles… loving Jesus in every step!
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