Walking in Faith

God is awesome! I mean, He is really awesome! As I write this, I am reminded of all the testimonies that I have heard this week of God moving in a desperate situations.  It’s one thing to say that you know God will fix something for you but it is something totally different when you KNOW that He did it! That’s when you can testify to the world that you know God is real.

The scripture, “We walk by faith and not by sight” has been heavy on my spirit for the last few days. It has been relevant in most of the conversations that I have had with friends and family recently. This morning I woke up and couldn’t remember the context in which it was used in the Word so I looked it up.  It’s found in 2 Corinthians 5 and the whole chapter is about being confident in the resurrection and reconciled to God. It’s a great chapter and I encourage you to read it but it also truly makes our faith walk clear. We did not see Christ die on the cross or rise again on the 3^rd day, yet we believe it as the basis of everything we stand on as Christians. We walk by faith and not by sight…

So why is it hard for us to look at what seems to be an impossible situation and believe that God can fix it? Think about Lazarus, who had been dead for FOUR days! He was all the way dead, y’all! Buried in the tomb and past the 3 days that the Jews believe the soul hovers above the body. There was nothing Mary and Martha could see that would give them hope. But God! Jesus arrived knowing that Lazarus was dead and told Martha that Lazarus would rise again. You see He had already said that Lazarus’s sickness would not end in death but that it was for God’s glory that He might be glorified through it! Sometimes God allows us to stay in storms for longer than we think we should so that He can get the glory, because otherwise you might think you got out on your power! We walk by faith and not by sight…

Often times, Satan blocks our vision with fear! Fear is his number one weapon and if he can get you to look at your situation and have no hope, he has won. That’s why when our situation looks impossible, we have to dig that much deeper into our faith and walk in it! Believe that God wouldn’t lead you to something that He won’t bring you through. Fear is False Evidence Appearing Real! That’s why you can’t put any weight on what you see with your natural eyes. Satan has stacked the deck and created a whole host of things that say you will die and not live, that you will be in poverty forever, that you will never get out of jail, that you will never get that job you want, that your credit won’t allow you to have that house and it all sounds believable.  Satan is the great deceiver but we walk by faith and not by sight!

God is mighty! He knows the end from the beginning and has already worked it out. Even better than that, God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. He does not change! So if he raised Lazarus from the dead, caused the blind man to see, and gave the widow enough flour and oil to last through a severe famine, why wouldn’t he respond to your faith?  He will! This week when you look at the situations that you are facing in your life, don’t dwell in what seems impossible, open your Word and walk in faith, believing that God has already worked it out!

To God be the Glory…