Much like today's times, faith is challenged and as the tempest whips around us like a whirlwind we forget what is important, we forget to put our faith front and centre. It is surely a troublesome time for a great many of us with pressures from the deceiver and the temptations of this world. I'm not really sure that when Jesus asked this question of his disciples " Where is your faith?" That he was questioning that they had faith but more expressing his frustrations with the misdirected faith. They at the time of the lake crossing had faith in the worldly things; the boat, the calm lake and the ability to get across safely. Their faith in those simple things is what caused them to panic in the moment when the things that they thought were a surety were failing them. They felt that they would perish in the lake as their boat seemed to no longer be worthy to benefit their safe crossing. When they had woken Jesus he was probably more disappointed in them, His simple rebuke to them; where is your faith? Sums it up.
Where is your faith? Why is it so easy to leave our trust in the one true thing in this universe, why do we not put our faith in God at the forefront of everyday. How do we expect to weather the great tempest when it whips around us, the storms of life that test our very being and slow our progression to our reunion with our Heavenly Father. How can we demonstrate that our faith is strong enough to put aside these great and mighty tests that challenge us daily?
Hebrews 11; 1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
We complain when things don't go our way, we wonder why bad things happen to us and when we pray and go to church on Sunday things still don't seem to work out in the way we want. Truthfully it is because we lack true faith, faith that we can receive the blessings from God that we are promised. Even the apostles lacked that faith during the tempest that the saviour would deliver them, even though they had seen the divine power of Christ. They were even in the presence of Jesus and yet they lacked faith, how can we expect to have that pure true faith when even the twelve questioned it? I think we put our faith in worldly things above our faith in God, we don't submit entirely to his plan and this is why we don't see the miracles that happened in ancient times. I feel that faith has become corrupt and this is a direct result of Satan's constant poking and prodding and making us question our faith. He is cunning as I stated in my previous blog post. We must submit fully to God's plan even when that plan takes time to unfold, this is like a test of our faith, our faith that God is in control of everything, that his plan is unfolding right before our eyes. We just need to open our eyes and really see that miracles are abound and are all around us, we need to be in tune with what our Father is telling us and what He is showing us. I know that by doing this, by opening your eyes and tuning into God He will show you his plan, He always has, we just need to change our corrupt thinking and give our lives up to Him, offer yourself to your Father in Heaven.
James 4;7-10
7 submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
I promise you that by doing this your faith will be strengthened and God will draw near to you. I leave you these thoughts in the name of Jesus Christ. AMEN.
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