I Got Faith...Yes I Do.

Stick with it, stay the course, don't give up, never quit... These are all statements most of us have probably heard at one time or another in our lives, when we needed encouragement. These encouraging words may have helped or they may not have. Either way, they are just words, and by themselves, mean nothing. The evidence or proof that the words spoken were true, is what we did in response to them. The words only had the power that we gave to them.

Follow me now - Words can be powerful, but not all words are, right? Faith can be powerful, but not faith in anything, right? Faith only in what we want to believe, can create a problem, because we have the tendency to believe what is best for us, most often. But faith based on absolute truth, is absolutely right and has nothing to do with quantity.

"...For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, "Move from here to there," and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you." Matthew 17:20

Faith is not: "I believe therefore I can", that is confidence. And although it can be helpful, it does not mean assured: that is over-confident or self-confident (which is where all those funny stunt goes wrong TV shows are from). Faith also is not the product of persevering; faith is the means by which we can persevere. Obedience proves faith. If I believe something is true, all I have to do to prove my belief is do it, right? It is the same with our faith. Faith is believing what God says is true, so in order to prove what we believe, all we have to do, is do what God says: obey His Word.

Our faith then can only be proven when we give God's Words the power they deserve. When we act on them as the most powerful truths ever, only then will we see evidence of faith that can move mountains...

...just sayin'

In His grip,

Pastor Pat