The Reason for Faith

There is a reason why faith is so important as it relates to one's Christian walk and relationship with Christ. As a matter of fact, faith is not only significant to the believer in Christ, it's important for all of humanity. We understand that without faith it is impossible to please God, and we understand that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11). But there's a necessity to having faith that I believe many of us miss and it directly affects our quality of life and the fulfillment of our Destiny. The Reason for Faith is because life was not designed to be lived apart from God. There's a nasty lie that Satan has sold humanity that, unfortunately, a lot of people have chosen to believe; you can be happy and successful in life without God. This is a flat out lie! But if you look at many people's lives, including many professing Christians, we may acknowledge God, but we try our best to live life "without" God. When I say without God, I mean living in total dependence on God. It's almost like people "don't" want to live that way. And for those who do so, they're looked at as fanatics and "weird". But saints, trust me when I tell you, there is a Reason for Faith.

What we have to recognize in hearts about life is that Life is bigger than man. All of this propaganda to "make it on your own" and to "be your own man", is anti-faith. Humanity is encouraged to have faith in one's self, not faith in God. However, the reality is that Life cannot be lived successfully within the confines and finite limitations of man's experience. Once again, Satan, the prince of the power of the air (Ephesians 2), uses the media, movies, television shows, books and what not, to promote different images and so-called examples of individuals that made it "without God". Of course, the individuals are never going to "outright" say it that way. But when have you ever heard Micheal Jordan, or Beyonce, or Ophrah or even President Obama come right out directly and say, "I owe my life and success to the Grace of God through my Savior Jesus the Christ"? If they have, then I missed that interview. But you get the point. Our culture subtly encourages people to live "independent lives". But God did not design life to be lived this way. And I don't care "who" you are, God is still the Creator of every human being.

God has shaped life to work out in such a way to where you need Him. Whether it's family issues, health issues, personal problems, problems on the job, financial challenges; it doesn't matter. At some point, every human being hits a point in life to where, they don't have the answers and they can't handle it. But the mystery of life is, if you give your life to God in the first place, and I mean "really give your life to Him" (not this lukewarm stuff that people are trying to pass off as Christianity), then God "will" take care of you. Every need will be met, and you will operate in perfect peace (Matthew 6, Isaiah 26).

However, there are two things that need to be incorporated if you want to take advantage of The Reason for Faith. The first is Humility. One of the biggest challenges that people face in interpersonal relationships is trying to be in control and trying to be in charge. No matter who you're dealing with, there's a simple fact that we would all do well to remember, none of us are God. So at the end of the day, none of us are in control. So in order to make room in our relationships for Him who alone is God, we need to adopt a posture and a spirit of Humility (James 4). Adopting a posture of Humility creates Peace in every situation. Why? Because you're giving room for the person to be themselves without you trying to get the best of them. This gives God the room to work on their heart, and gives you peace to trust in God. Many marriages have failed because neither husband or wife would yield and exercise humility towards the other.

Lastly, if you're going to take advantage of The Reason for Faith, you must have a spirit of Sacrifice. A spirit of self-preservation is not of God. I know that sounds foreign and against natural instinct. But what did Jesus say, "whosoever will save his life shall lose it" (Matthew 16). Jesus didn't try to save His Life. He willingly Sacrificed His Life on the Cross. Why? To save humanity and to glorify the Father. And as a result, He's closer to the Father than any other person in the universe. Saints, we've got to plug into The Reason for Faith. Times are going to get very hard here in America in the coming days. The only way we're going to make it is by having Faith in God. Don't wait till the last minute. Nurture and develop your faith in God today.

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