At JESUS` Feet
January
7, 2010
Faith Formula at
Work!
According to your
faith will it be done to you –
Matthew 9:29
The
law of expectation is “we get what we expect
out of life.” Optimism through the power of faith in Christ is critical
in our
lives. William Carey said, “Expect great things from God and attempt
great
things for God.”
Once two blind men asked Jesus to heal their
blindness and expected Jesus to show mercy on them. Jesus expected them
to have
“Faith” on Him. Jesus asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do
this?”
As the blind men replied, “Yes, Lord”. This is the proclamation of
their faith.
Jesus touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be
done to
you”. Jesus left it to their choice to receive mercy. They had a choice
to have
faith or doubt God’s ability to show mercy on them. They chose the
former and
received mercy.
Today, you too have
a choice. You can choose to
live by fear or by faith. Both faith and fear have similarities. Both
are aimed
towards unknown events and both have the ability to drive the moods.
Faith
helps one to conduct his/her life in a positive way while fear can
negatively
influence oneself. Any time we face challenges, we must learn to train
ourselves to recall God’s goodness and mercy on the past situation and
hold on
to our faith in God firmly. Remember faith leads to clarity but fear
leads to
confusion and chaos. To grow more in our faith, we must ask God to
constantly
remove fear from us. You may recall in the Christmas story that every
time
angels appeared, their first mission is to drive our fear by saying,
“Fear
not”. Fear like a polluted water unsuitable for drinking. The water has
to be
purified to qualify for drinking. Remember the verse, “for God gave us a spirit not
of fear but
of power and love
and self-control” (2 Timothy 1:7).
Things might have turned against you for worse.
It may be unbearable. But see those situations through the eyes of
faith. If
you love God, believe that everything that happened is for good.
Apostle Paul
says in Romans 8:28, “And we know that God causes everything to work
together
for the good of those who love God and are called according to his
purpose for
them.” Everything that happens fit into a pattern for good for those
who love
and trust our Lord. There is a quote which says, “Things turn out the
best for
the people who make out of the way things turn out”.
Thomas Alva Edison who
lived between 1847
to 1931) was a famous American
inventor, great
scientist, and a
buisnessman who
developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world.
His
inventions include phonograph, motion picture camera, and an electric
light bulb. Once his laboratory in New Jersey
burnt in an accident and it cost him 7 million dollars, He said, “There
is a
great value in disaster; all our mistakes burnt out.” Ask God today to
give the
kind of faith that will never be shaken by life’s hard situations. If
you are
facing loss in your business?, failure in your studies, your work, and
in a terrible situation and none
around to
help you? Go to the One who will is a Divine Helper who
is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine (Ephesians
3:20).
May our Lord be gloried through your firm faith in Him alone!
Remember
the Faith Formula for your unresolved
problem!
Prayer: Father, help me to stand firm on
the
faith I have in you not only during the times all goes well but also
during the
times all do not go well.
Have a wonderful day!