Every so often I realize that
I talk too much, most of it is to myself and while it can be encouraging,
sometimes it borders on the ridiculous.
I believe there is a
distinction between thinking and talking to myself.
Thinking has the quality of
problem solving, evaluation, and decision based on known and projected facts.
Talking does some of the above but includes the emotions and produces a
plethora, what ifs, desire and fantasy. It isn’t always based on “sound
thinking” but accommodates wistful ideas.
Because of this phenomenon,
the faith of the believer often suffers.
There is a story in the Old
Testament, where Jacob gave a coat of many colors to his son Joseph. And like this coat, faith has many colors or
facets. It may be; faith in, faith for, faith of and faith which, all these
kinds of faith are for our use and benefit.
Faith in, is the core of the
Christian life and experience. It is the entrance into eternal life and
relationship with ALMIGHTY GOD. Your faith will be under attack each and every
day of your Christian walk. It is the umbilical chord that connects you to GOD,
through which you receive all your sustenance.
At times these attacks will
make you feel like you are in a vice and you are being squeezed so severe that you
can’t survive it. They will come from every source and will continually test
you at every level.
The main thing to do is to
firmly establish, once for all and forever your faith in GOD and refuse to
allow any thing to shake you from that position. Do not let temporal education
(that is always changing) riches, poverty, health, sickness, disappointments,
relationships, failures or any other thing, in any way affect or weaken this
faith in HIM.
Paul said it like this in Romans
8:33-39
Romans 8:35 Who can separate us from
Christ's love? Can trouble, distress, persecution, hunger, nakedness, danger,
or a sword? 36 As it is written,
"For your sake we are being killed all day long. We are thought of as
sheep to be slaughtered." 37 No, in
all these things we are more than conquerors through the one who loved us. 38
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor
things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor anything above, nor anything below, nor
anything else in all creation can separate us from the love of God that is in
Christ Jesus our Lord.
Under no circumstances, ever
- - let the battle be fought about your faith in GOD, keep it separate from
that. Let the battles be about
defeating satanic forces and whether you win or lose a particular fight you
still are firmly fixed in faith, in GOD.
Do not let self talk be a
player in your faith in GOD for it changes with the wind and circumstances, but
our GOD stands firm and unchangeable.
Last thought, we are created
in his image. Let us be firm and unchangeable even as HE is in our faith.
You might enjoy this video on YouTube:
(I was not too crazy about techno but very nice otherwise)
This post is shared at “Tell Me a True Story.”
You shared some of my favorite verses... Romans 8:33-39; Thanks, I need to turn to that over and over again. Trusting our Lord is all I can do as our world is filled with such sinfulness and unkindness.
ReplyDeleteThank you Robert for your excellent words on Faith shared with us here at "Tell me a Story."
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