BIBLE PASSAGE:
“Have faith in God,” Jesus answered.
(Mark 11:22)
MEDITATION:
“Faith” is defined as
“complete trust or confidence in someone or something.”
Is this the definition of our own faith in God? Or would we change
the word ‘complete’ to something like ‘partial’ or ‘sometimes’? When
we read the definition, we are reminded that whenever we have issues
of any kind, we go to God for help. We are going to Him because we
have complete trust and confidence that He will provide what we need.
There are many who are trained in counseling who can be beneficial
in helping us through a crisis, but God is the only One with the best
solutions. Even if we plan to go to a counselor, we should go to God
first and seek His guidance in helping us find the right counselor.
If we are looking for a new job, we should go to God and ask Him to
guide us in our search, and in our decision. If we are ill, we need to go
to God and ask for guidance in finding the right doctor. If we plan to
get married, we need to ask God if the other person is right for us, and
if we are right for them.
If we need help with our finances, we need to ask God to help us find
someone who can help us the most. If we have a wayward child, we
need God’s help in finding the right course of action. We need God
to help us in showing our undeniable love for our child to him or her.
We need to seek God first in all our situations. We need faith in God,
the same as we need food, air and water. He is our lifeline and we
either have complete trust and confidence in Him, or we do not. If
our faith begins to falter, we need to remember how God has helped
us in the past, and know that we can continue to trust Him when we
have new challenges.
ACTION:
Questions to consider:
– Do I have complete trust and confidence in God?
– Is He the one I go to first, when I need wisdom,
guidance, or any other kind of help?
We should never, forget that God loves us and wants what is best
for us. We need to be on guard for Satan’s attempts to put faithless
thoughts in our mind which can cause us to try to solve problems or
make decisions in our own strength or wisdom, or by redirecting our
trust and confidence from God to the world and its solutions.
Pray,
“Heavenly Father, thank You for Your availability. Thank You for
reminding me that I can always come to You. Forgive me for the
times I have failed to rely on You and have deferred to my own
strength and control. Father, You are omnipotent, omniscient,
and omnipresent! There is no individual or manmade god who
can compare to You. Help me to change my ‘modus operandi’ so
that whatever comes my way, I will go to You first with complete
trust and confidence that You will give me what I need to make
the right decisions, and for meeting all challenges in my life.”
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