I have so much to live up to being that my name is "Faith". Surprisingly, I never understood exactly what my name meant until around the time I started writing this blog.(I was 19 when I started this blog, and now I am 21)
Faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance in what we do not see ~ Hebrews 11:1.
To go even deeper -- Faith is walking with a blindfold over my eyes, because I know longer have confidence in what I see. Faith is living a life that pleases the Lord, and a life that pleases the Lord is the opposite of how the world wants us to live.
Today, I was struggling with my Faith. Because recently, the Lord burden my heart with something that I shared with some brothers and sisters. I believed that after I shared what was on my heart that my brothers and sisters would respond. Yet, to my surprise only half of them responded for whatever reason. I was not mad at them, however I felt like I was ineffective. Thoughts came to my mind of "Why did you even share it?" or "No one even cares about what the Lord put upon your heart" Those are the thoughts that have been visiting me every once in awhile. The feeling of ashamed and unnoticed creeps upon me sometimes as well because I inferred the impression that what the Lord put upon my heart wasn't important.
But then the Holy Spirit reminded me that what I have done pleases my heavenly Father and that all that should matter. I didn't speak up to please man, but to respond to the Holy Spirit. In everything, if man is not please or is silent-so what, because your heavenly Father is Pleased.
How quickly I forget who I live for; when I don't live for the Lord but for myself, or for man. Hence, the principle of seeking Jesus daily.
The essence of Faith is stepping out and trusting the Lord. So many times the Lord speaks to me and wants me to respond, yet I am silent and the enemy has won. Then there are times when I do speak out but look at my surroundings and assume that I am alone. Those are the times the enemies words have successfully sunk in to my heart. But thanks be to God for He has ultimately won the war! Because when I am are weak he is strong! (2 Corinthians 12:10) And that's what I need to put my confidence in when I do step out in Faith, not putting my confidence in what lies before me. But trusting in a Faithful and Just God who loves and is exemplified when I put my Faith in Him
Ps: I wrote this blog after I found the Picture...pretty cool how the Lord works :)
Today, I was struggling with my Faith. Because recently, the Lord burden my heart with something that I shared with some brothers and sisters. I believed that after I shared what was on my heart that my brothers and sisters would respond. Yet, to my surprise only half of them responded for whatever reason. I was not mad at them, however I felt like I was ineffective. Thoughts came to my mind of "Why did you even share it?" or "No one even cares about what the Lord put upon your heart" Those are the thoughts that have been visiting me every once in awhile. The feeling of ashamed and unnoticed creeps upon me sometimes as well because I inferred the impression that what the Lord put upon my heart wasn't important.
But then the Holy Spirit reminded me that what I have done pleases my heavenly Father and that all that should matter. I didn't speak up to please man, but to respond to the Holy Spirit. In everything, if man is not please or is silent-so what, because your heavenly Father is Pleased.
How quickly I forget who I live for; when I don't live for the Lord but for myself, or for man. Hence, the principle of seeking Jesus daily.
"Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; and you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit apart form me you can do nothing." ~ John 15: 4-5
The essence of Faith is stepping out and trusting the Lord. So many times the Lord speaks to me and wants me to respond, yet I am silent and the enemy has won. Then there are times when I do speak out but look at my surroundings and assume that I am alone. Those are the times the enemies words have successfully sunk in to my heart. But thanks be to God for He has ultimately won the war! Because when I am are weak he is strong! (2 Corinthians 12:10) And that's what I need to put my confidence in when I do step out in Faith, not putting my confidence in what lies before me. But trusting in a Faithful and Just God who loves and is exemplified when I put my Faith in Him
Ps: I wrote this blog after I found the Picture...pretty cool how the Lord works :)
~Faith
