The word faith is tossed about by we churchers as if everyone gets it; especially us. We can recite verses that include it, name the one known as the father of it, and we have made sure it found notoriety in the steps of salvation.
However, it seems in general to be more of a word than a walk. II Corinthians 5:7 easily rolls off of our tongues; walk BY faith and NOT BY sight. This is the great secret of the Spirit. And may I remind you of what this writer Paul stated in his first letter to the Corinthians, a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.
Jesus leveled a huge charge toward we disciples when he had been asked what kind of work, exactly, were followers of God to engage. They said therefore to Him, "What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?"
This, my friend, is what I would wish all would ask. What would it look like if we were to enter into the kind of work where we could see Spirit results and not merely wearying human exertion? And, Jesus lays it out there for all to know, This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.
Faith, authentic Bible believing, is more than a Christian giving something a shot and it randomly happens. We aren't gamblers who throw the dice and sometimes we hit the jackpot and most of the time we lose. Faith is embedded in Jesus. We watch him.
We are to walk by watching Jesus, (see yesterday's post regarding Peter walking on water); not by man's earthy schemes and plots to try to get religious movement.
The hope is found that we will experience the very nature of effective faith by planting and sowing. I know many who want. They want results. They want stories of God's involvement. Yet, there is simply a fundamental lack; no sowing and no watering because their sight eyes can't calculate possibility.
Nothing comes about by the Spirit zone except through the avenue of eyes on the resurrected Jesus. Nothing.
Our call will always be to enter faith by living in a vein of life full of mystery and unexplanation. When that happens....enter the wonder of God.
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