Active Faith

Proverbs 3:5-6, "Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths." (Amplified Bible)

Many of us have read this passage throughout the years of our Christian journey but this morning I noticed that the words of this passage required action on my part.  I received an email regarding the Word of God that I shared this weekend at the church plant in Radcliff, Kentucky.  During the sermon I made reference to the words "look" and "wait" that the prophet Micah shared in chapter 7.  The person who emailed me said that the Lord had reminded her that these two words were "action words" that required the release of her faith.  I have made reference to these two separate events because I believe that there is a spiritual lesson that God desires to deposit in my heart.  Our walk with Christ will require an active participation with our Heavenly Father.  Our walk with Christ will require an active release of our faith as we navigate our personal path of life that God has laid out for us.  Our walk with Christ will require a recognition that God is the ultimate source of all the resources that we need to successfully complete our journey and arrive at our desired destination.

I believe that God will reward our desire to trust Him wholeheartedly and that desire is a worthy goal that all of us need to place in our hearts.  This action on our part is pleasing to God because this is the call that He issues to us.  He calls us to lean on Him; He calls us to trust in Him; He calls us to place our confidence in Him; and he calls us to rely upon Him to meet the needs that we face.  It is no wonder that the song declares "Oh, what a Savior."  It is time for the family of God to take a fresh look of wonder and awe at our Heavenly Father and realize that He is calling us to place our trust in Him and be prepared to release our faith.  The challenges of life provide what one writer calls "training opportunities" for our faith to grow strong and opportunities for our faith to be released.  The moments in which we activate our faith allows God to perform His supernatural work in our heart.  All of us have experienced those moments and the memory of those moments propels us forward even when life is overwhelming.  We must not let our faith grow weary or tired during these moments but we are to feed our faith through the strength of the Word and the encouragement of the family of God.  I firmly believe that God will provide the strength we need to face the issues of life as we continue to lean on and trust in Him.