Many of us are trusting God with certain situations in our lives. We realize that we either do not have the abilities to meet our need or we do not have sufficient resources to supply the need. Our need lies beyond our scope of human training but Christ who lives in us is encouraging us to trust God to supply whatever that we need. It appears that as we travel this road of faith it would be easier to trust God at all times but in many situations that is not always true. We face those moments in which our faith feels weak and we do not know if our faith is strong enough to see us through that particular moment. I certainly have faced those moments in which the need seemed larger than my faith but at those moments I made the conscious decision to continue trusting God when everything that was going on around me said not to trust to God.
The Bible is full of examples where the need appeared larger than the faith of the individual. Do you remember the story of Jairus and his daughter? She is dying and Jairus makes his way to find Jesus so that he can invite Jesus to his house so that He can heal her of of the disease. While Jairus was speaking to Jesus people arrived from his home and told him not to "trouble the Teacher, your daughter is dead." (Luke 8:40-41, 49). The heartbreaking evidence is presented to Jairus in very terse terms; your daughter is dead. But listen to Jesus' response, "...Do not be afraid; only believe, and she will be made well." (Luke 8:50b) Some of us are facing some strong evidence today that may say it is too late for God to become involved in our situation. But Christ says, just keep believing. Christ says, just keep trusting. Christ says, I have not forgotten you or forsaken you.
We demonstrate our trust in God by waiting patiently and confidently. We accept each moment of our life as a gift from God and realize that God is in charge of our present as well as our future. We are not alone on this journey regardless of how the enemy seeks to make us feel at various times. We live in a world that is marked by heartache, pain, sadness, and disappointment. But we are also able to identify those "God moments" in which God arises with great authority and power and performs His miraculous deliverance in our lives. It is at those moments that our patient faith has reaped great dividends. Do not turn loose of your faith rather release your faith and watch God work in your life.
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