What is FAITH?
You can't SEE HIM,
but you BELIEVE HE IS THERE.
What is TO BELIEVE?
You can't SEE HIM,
but you KNOW HE IS THERE.
What is TO KNOW?
You can't SEE HIM,
but
you FOLLOW HIM anyway.
FAITH
is the foundation of
FAITH.
You stand on the edge of the cliff.
You SEE a starving alligator
waiting for you in the turbulent waters.
GOD tells you to JUMP,
as you hear HIS WORDS~
"TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART".*
You are paralyzed in
FEAR
because you BELIEVE that there is no way you can
TRUST
anyone right now,
except the alligator whose opened mouth you SEE.
BUT FAITH
TRUSTS with your ALL.
Then you hear the words,
"LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING"*.
Well, all you KNOW right now is your
OWN UNDERSTANDING~
that if you JUMP you will be greeted by
the sharp teeth of the alligator.
You are still paralyzed in FEAR.
BUT then you hear the words,
"IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM".*
Now you are really paralyzed in DOUBT,
because you don't BELIEVE that if you acknowledge that
GOD is in this moment
HE would save you.
BUT what if you did
BELIEVE HIM?
So you say HIS name.
And then you hear the words,
"AND HE SHALL DIRECT YOUR PATHS"
*(Proverbs 3:5-6).
Hmm.
DIRECT YOUR PATH
that is a downward motion into
the mouth of an alligator.
FAITH TRUSTS
DESPITE WHAT IS SEEN
by
BELIEVING THE ONE WHO IS NOT SEEN
BUT SEES YOU.
Do you JUMP?
What is GOD asking you to
TRUST HIM WITH ALL YOUR HEART,
by NOT LEANING ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING,
by ACKNOWLEDGING HIM IN ALL THINGS,
because HE WILL DIRECT YOUR PATHS.
HMM.
JUMP,
as it is worth the trip
because
the alligator
has no power in the
PRESENCE OF GOD.
For you would never be destroyed by the alligator
because GOD
would meet you in the air~
"But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint"
(Isaiah 40:31).
FAITH
BELIEVES BEYOND SEEING.
FAITH
KNOWS BEYONE YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING
because
FAITH
FOLLOWS THE ONE
who is the
GIVER OF FAITH.
Now there is a slight change that when you jump
you could be eaten by the alligator,
but if GOD is asking you to jump
to a place where you may get some teeth marks,
FAITH will get you
beyond the pain
because
GOD WILL BE with you
ALL THE WAY
and HIS PLAN is beyond the temporary teeth marks~
"Now to HIM who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to HIS power that is at work within us"
(Ephesians 3:20).
I want HIS IMMEASURABLY MORE,
but how will I ever know unless
I take the leap of FAITH
that gets me there.
So let's JUMP together ,
because
"FAITH SEES"
(listen to the song below)
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