Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the [a]substance of things hoped for, the [b]evidence of things not seen.
Faith – it’s a beautiful word which just seems to flow as we speak it. Faith defined (you can tell that I like word definitions as they help me comprehend the true meaning) is belief, trusting, and loyalty to God especially when we don’t have concrete evidence. So faith is believing in God, believing what He says is true, and believing in His character and who He says He is. Faith in Jesus Christ is placing our trust in Him even when things aren’t going our way. It’s choosing to trust Him even when we can’t see what He’s doing or what His plan is.
But you see, I have concrete proof that God is real and that He’s alive and active in our lives. Jesus Christ told me that I had a lump and when I ignored that, the next day He took my hand right to it. That is evidence and proof enough for me. But honestly, I’ve had evidence all along my life journey.
I grew up believing that I was a Christian. My family went to church, we prayed and read the Bible. But the truth is, I was living for myself and my own selfish desires. When I was 32 years old, I was at the bottom of a deep, dark pit of depression and misery. Jesus Christ reached down into that pit, took my hand and pulled me out, and I’ve never looked back. He saved me through His shed blood on the Cross and became the Lord of my life. He also healed me of depression and panic attacks, and has walked with me through the good, bad, and the ugly of life. Once again, He’s walking me through this dark valley of cancer.
Over the years, I’ve come to know Him more and more. I’ve come to know how much He loves me and my family, and how I can absolutely trust Him no matter what I’m going through. Honestly at some point, you have to make a decision if you’re going to trust Him and walk in faith or if you’re going to allow yourself to be thrown to and fro in indecision. I’m choosing to take a stand, put a stake in the ground to trust Him, and to walk in faith. This cancer journey is the most difficult path that I’ve traveled, but I must choose to believe in Jesus Christ and believe that He is always good and always working a good plan. I don’t know what His plan is in this, but I do know that He is sovereign and in control and I can stand on that truth alone. So can you.
I don’t mean to sound trite because this is no easy journey. It’s taking every ounce of my being to stand in the truth but guess what? I don’t have to depend on my strength because He promises to give me His strength. 2nd Corinthians 12:10 says, “That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” And in 2nd Corinthians 12:9, “But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” When I’m weak, the door is opened for Him to pour Himself, including His strength and power as well as His grace, love, and mercy into me. He empowers me through Holy Spirit to continue on. As I choose to believe Him, and He says that’s my only work, John 6:29, “Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent,” I can rest in Him.
As we walk in faith, fear has no place and fear loses. It’s literally pushed out and away. Faith is the door stopper so to speak, the bouncer at the door that says, “NO fear, you can’t come in. You’re not welcome!” The truth is, fear is a liar! https://youtu.be/1srs1YoTVzs So join with me today and make a decision to stand on the Rock, and that Rock is Jesus Christ. Surrender yourself to Him completely and allow Him to walk you through your dark valleys! You will never be alone and He will provide everything that you need for the journey. Just believe!
Dear Father, we pray in Jesus name that in our weakness, You are strong. We thank you for Your strength that carries us through the really hard places when we are weak and fainthearted. We depend upon You to fill us with Your Holy Spirit during this cancer trial as well as other trials, to speak truth to us and to keep us in the palm of your hand. We pray that You will grow and strengthen our faith and that fear must leave us in Jesus Name. We thank you that we have the victory through Jesus Christ and His shed blood on Calvary. We love you and praise You and give You the glory forever and ever. In Jesus precious name we pray, Amen!
2nd Timothy 1:7 “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. ”
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
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