Good Afternoon Friends!
I hope you are all doing well this week! In today's post, we are going to discuss faith in action. Now what does this mean? Well, it means that no matter what you are facing today, you are walking by faith and remembering God's word. In this post, I will give a few examples to help us learn how to put this into action in our lives. I am going to mention a few people from the Bible to help see how they lived their lives by faith. I pray that this post is encouraging and uplifting for you! So, without further ado, let's begin!
Abraham was a prime example of someone who lived by faith. God sought him out and told him to leave everything behind so that God could lead him to a better place. God also promised him a son and of course Sarah laughed at this and she used her maid Hagar to bear a son for her. It wasn't long before God fulfilled His promise to Abraham and He indeed had a son named Isaac. Now you would think that Abraham and Sarah were way past the child bearing age. It wasn't possible for them to have a son at their age, but God wanted Abraham to prosper so He made a way for them. He also wanted them to see that with God, all things are possible. There's nothing too hard for Him. It may be impossible and too hard for us, but never with God. God wanted to bless someone so He chose Abraham and today He chooses you and I to bless if we allow Him.
Another favorite character of mine is Ruth. Oh I love the book of Ruth! Ruth was a gentile woman who married a Jew and her mother in law was Naomi and undoubtedly Naomi took very good care of her daughter in law. When all their husbands died, it was time for Naomi to go back home to Bethlehem. Ruth wanted to go with her so she told Naomi not to send her away. Long story short, she goes to Bethlehem and begins working in a field when she catches the eye of handsome Boaz. Boaz finds her very attractive and he begins to find out more about her. Ruth soon has favor with Boaz and then later finds out he is kin to Naomi. Then it's not long before they are married and they have a child named Obed. Now this to is an impossible situation because she is a Moabite, a gentile woman and you didn't find too many Jewish men marrying outside their people. But with God, it happened.
So you may be asking yourself, so what does this have to do with me and my faith? That's a wonderful question! The answer is, do not give up, God didn't bring you this far to just let you go on your own and hope you figure out the rest of the way. Oh no, He is going to fulfill His promises to you once you start putting your faith in action. How can we do this? By saying Lord I want Your will for my life. By not becoming defeated in your circumstances or situations. We do not know the ways of God, but we do know that we are supposed to trust Him. Even when the journey seems long and tough, do not give up, keep going! God has a plan and will for your life and He wants us to keep moving. Keep moving when people say things that are tacky and hateful to you. Keep moving when it seems there's no way out of your situation or circumstances. Keep moving when you feel like giving up. Cry out to God for help when you feel like throwing in the towel.
Jesus is another example, people were constantly trying to bring Him down and telling Him that what He was doing was wrong and unlawful. Even healing the sick, they came and told Him that only God can do these things. He dealt with these people day after day. They were always around to try to catch Him doing something wrong. Little did they know, He was God, God's son who came for them too. I am sure there were plenty of times where Jesus thought, "You know what, I am tired and I miss home, I want to go back." He didn't allow His thoughts, His situations or circumstances to stop His purpose or God's will. He kept moving even though the journey was long and hard. He kept moving regardless of what the roman soldiers told him, regardless of what the religious ones said, regardless of disciples unbelief at times. What was His secret? He met with God daily, without this communication with God, He couldn't heal, preach or teach. He did it in God's strength not His own. He put His faith into action to see God's will come to pass through Him.
So friends, we are to do the same thing too. We are to keep moving in spite of what we are told, what we hear going on around us, and what our doubting thoughts tell us. We are to keep moving by putting our faith into action, by saying God, this is what my situation looks like and my circumstances, but I am going to trust You to see Your will fulfilled in my life. I am going to pray every day to you, to get my strength from You, to read Your word and stand on it. To proclaim Your truth every day. So my friends, I pray that this blesses you and encourages you to put your faith into action. Pray and ask the Lord on how you need to put your faith into action today! May God bless you and keep you friends! Until next time!
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