Six Truths About Faith.

THE CHALLENGE isn't God not wanting to do something; it's how far we're willing to go with Him.

When Ruth said to Naomi, “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God, she showed total commitment. (Ruth 1:16)

Your loyalty to God must be a hundred percent—you must be knit with Him and be willing to bet your life on Him.

Faith is ongoing.

A LEVITE WOMAN was willing to bet her life on God when she saw that her son was especially beautiful and healthy, so she hid him for three months [to protect him from the Egyptians]. (Exodus 2)

Your faith in God will knit you to Him and make you know that God has found His place in you.

Faith waits.

MOSES’ Mom believed, and she kept believing. Even when she couldn't continue to keep him, she thought of her next move.

Simeon and Anna never stopped waiting for the Messiah as they had been promised. (Luke 2:25-38)

God wants you to be forward-looking while waiting.

Faith has pit stops.

PIT STOPS are used for servicing and refueling.

When you get to one, it's your chance to pause, pray and decide what to do next.

David stopped and asked for an ephod when he reached one. (1 Samuel 30:8)

At the PIT STOP, Jacob wrestled with the angel until dawn, refusing to let him go until he blessed him. (Genesis 32:24-32)

Without God’s presence, the blessing was useless, and without his partnership, Jacob’s movement was measured.

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Without God’s presence, your movement would be measured.

JESUS prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, “My Father, if it is possible [that is, consistent with Your will], let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.” (Genesis 26:39)

Your pit stop is your place of revelation, where you latch onto God.

Faith gives hope.

UNTIL you see God as your only hope in life, God will not fully find his place in you.

God did not find a place in his people when ten spies returned and said they were like grasshoppers and their enemies were giants.

However, Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession of it; for we will certainly conquer it.” (Numbers 13:30-33)

So faith gives God pleasure and opens the door to Him. If at any time, you can't feel God, check your faith.

Psalm 61:2 says, “When my heart is overwhelmed and weak, lead me to the rock that is higher than I [a rock that is too high to reach without Your help].”

Faith has an expectation.

WHEN Moses’ mother could no longer hide him, she got him a basket (chest) made of papyrus reeds and covered it with tar and pitch [making it waterproof].

Then she put the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.

And his sister [Miriam] stood some distance away to find out what would happen to him.

She looked forward to God’s intervention.

Whenever you believe God for something, you must have an expectation.

AFTER Mordecai took Esther to the palace, he checked on her daily because he wanted a favourable outcome. (Esther 2:11)

So you cannot trust in God without believing in Him. You cannot have faith in God without an expectation from Him.

Hebrews 11:6 says, “But without faith it is impossible to [walk with God and] please Him, for whoever comes [near] to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He rewards those who [earnestly and diligently] seek Him.”

Faith in God does not disappoint.

PROVERBS 23:18 says, “Surely there is a future [and a reward], and your hope and expectation will not be cut off.”

Anything you hand over to God does not return to you without an increase. (Ephesians 3:20)

Final Thought

FAITH is the art of holding onto things your reason has once accepted, despite your changing moods - C.S. Lewis.

So, we walk by faith and not by moods.