Firm Faith
I like to think that I have firm faith. There are other times when my faith seems a bit fragile. When someone close to me gets really sick and their life is threatened, my faith feels weak. It sometimes takes me a minute to find the ground beneath my feet of faith. I usually talk openly and honestly with the Lord about my faith struggle or I should say – “doubt struggle”. The Lord is so patient with me and He is faithful to love me through the struggles with my faith. After I’m navigated those times of struggle and fear, my faith gets stronger and even bolder.
God spoke a lot through the prophet Isaiah into the lives of other leaders. At one point the King of Judah was really fearful of an invasion that was building around him. The Lord spoke to King Ahaz through Isaiah and told him in no uncertain terms that an invasion would not happen at this time. Check this out….
Unless your faith is firm,
I cannot make you stand firm.”
10 Later, the Lord sent this message to King Ahaz: 11 “Ask the Lord your God for a sign of confirmation, Ahaz. Make it as difficult as you want—as high as heaven or as deep as the place of the dead.”
12 But the king refused. “No,” he said, “I will not test the Lord like that.”
13 Then Isaiah said, “Listen well, you royal family of David! Isn’t it enough to exhaust human patience? Must you exhaust the patience of my God as well? 14 All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’). 15 By the time this child is old enough to choose what is right and reject what is wrong, he will be eating yogurtand honey. 16 For before the child is that old, the lands of the two kings you fear so much will both be deserted.(Isaiah 7:9b-16 NLT)
I can’t always see past today or even yesterday. My faith is sometimes paralyzed by what happened yesterday and what could happen today. I love the fact that the Lord welcomed a “sign of confirmation”. I sometimes need to “feel” like I was heard. I need to know beyond a doubt that the Lord is showing up.
When my faith is shaken and fear creeps in, I will often start singing a song……or two.
My faith is getting stronger and more firm the more I seek the heart of God. I’m learning more of His Presence and His Power in my everyday life.
Pressing On!
Dwayne