Take The Step of Faith

The Bible says, "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.

For by it the people of old received God's commendation.

By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God's command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible." (Hebrews 11:1-3).

An example of faith is when you flick a switch to "ON" for an electric bulb to give you light.

If you live in a home that is connected to mains electricity, you do not see the electricity but you have faith that it exists.

When you turn the knob of the switch to "ON" you expect the light bulb to give out light.

In a similar manner when a child is tossed high up in the air by its parent, it is by faith that instead of being terrified, he shouts out in joy.

If the child has no faith of being loved by the parent, he would cry out in terror at the thought crashing to the ground after being tossed up into the air.

The child has faith in the parent that no harm would come to it. He knows that the parent would get a strong grip on him a few moments before hitting the ground.

Our heavenly Father is our faithful parent who would not break his promise of protecting us when we are facing trials in our lives.

I am a living testimony to this fact. I have gone through many trials and temptations from childhood as documented in my writings.

He says "No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it." (1 Corinthians 10:13).

When we are faced by trials it is only by faith that we know that we would come out of them unharmed.

"My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything." (James 1:2-4).

To a Christian trials are for testing one's faith in God.

The Bible, which is the Word of God, says :-

"God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a human being, that he should change his mind.

Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen?" (Numbers 23:19).

Our human tendency is to make us to depend more on the physical rather than on the spiritual part of us.

"Walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh." Galatians 5:16

Pastors Neil and Joanne Anderson, writers of the "Daily in Christ" devotional, say.

"If you are hoping for a magic formula or list of foolproof steps for walking in the Spirit, you will be disappointed.

The moment you reduce the Spirit-filled walk to a formula or an intellectual experience, you won't be Spirit-filled anymore."

Take the step of faith and live by the Spirit of God.

In Jesus Christ's name.

Amen!