Faith Is The Answer

From all the things I’ve ever done since I’ve been on this earth, walking the walk of faith has probably been one of the most difficult one. The thing is when you give your life to Jesus nobody tells you what awaits for you and as a matter of fact nobody knows what awaits. The way we sometimes picture things is that we might have some minor road bumps and once we’re clear from it we can get moving. But as I was (as usual) thinking of one of the implications of faith one verse that popped up in my mind was Matthew 17: 21 where Jesus said to the disciples : “For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.” It made me realize that there is a point in our christian walk where we will have mountains. And the Bible doesn't talk about going around it but rather points at faith as a key to remove those mountains from our path and keep moving

And again thinking of this passage of the Bible from an intellectual point of view doesn’t make much sense because some situations in life can come across as humanely IMPOSSIBLE to manage. I bet you have been through couple of those where you just stare at the sky, then at your feet and think into yourself "Lord if it ain't you, I don't know who else can fix this".  yeah... I feel you... So thinking about this made me even more curious and I wanted to understand what the mystery of walking by faith and being able to move mountains laid upon. And so another passage of the scripture that came up to me was Zechariah 4:6 -7 

“ Then he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel saying, Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the LORD of hosts.  What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain”

 I then understood that whether it was a mountain becoming a plain or a mountain being moved, it all was possible through the spirit of the Lord that materializes the words that we speak out of faith. But sometimes it is hard. It is hard to speak from faith because it is hard to keep the faith. it is like putting a coin into a washing mashing and getting clean clothes: Your faith is the coin that allow the whole process to get started but the process itself is direct by God and executed by the Holy Spirit. 

But let's not fool anybody: sometimes it is hard to put some "coins" into the machine to jumpstart the process. It is hard because when the feelings are hit, we lose our power and losing power/ our sense of being in control is very uncomfortable. It is hard because sometimes we hope against all hope until the moment we find our back against the wall and we realize that there nothing we can do and we feel like having faith and praying isn’t worth it anymore. Especially when things in our lives go south. When I go through those tough moments, two things  keep me standing and fuel my faith:

a)      Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” 

And

b)      Romans 8:28 “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose”

No matter what it is that we are walking through in life, we need to have that assurance that God plan for us is not to be unhappy or anxious or hopeless but rather the opposite. So it is crucial for us to hold on to the belief that everything in the end shall work out together according to his purpose for our lives. It might not work out the way we think it will, but it will workout according to God's plans for us and for our lives. And we might not necessarily understand the process and it might  even be stressful at times especially when we can’t seem to get a hold of what is happening. But we’ve got to trust the process and trust God and when things get too difficult for us to handle, we need to learn to surrender to him and cast all our anxiety on him because He cares for us (1 peter 5:7)

Until next time!