I've
been talking to God about some stuff. Yeah..."stuff".
It’s about faith. I have faith. I have faith that God will provide my needs, because He said He would in scripture. He cares for His kids.
My question is: Do you have a faith that God can see? Are you doing something out of the ordinary to show God you believe in Him? It's not enough to "just" pray. It's not enough to "just" believe. We have to do something to demonstrate our faith. I believe God calls us to do that each day. It’s a step or a leap at times, but we still have to “do” something.
It’s about faith. I have faith. I have faith that God will provide my needs, because He said He would in scripture. He cares for His kids.
My question is: Do you have a faith that God can see? Are you doing something out of the ordinary to show God you believe in Him? It's not enough to "just" pray. It's not enough to "just" believe. We have to do something to demonstrate our faith. I believe God calls us to do that each day. It’s a step or a leap at times, but we still have to “do” something.
Read Mark 2: 1 - 5
“A few days later, when Jesus again entered
Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. They gathered in such large
numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached
the word to them. Some
men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them.
Since they could not get him to
Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by
digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on.
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the
paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.””
NIV
Look at what the paralyzed man’s friends did for him. They had faith that Jesus would do something for their friend. They literally climbed up on the roof, destroyed the roof by making a hole large enough to lower down their paralyzed friend on his pallet. These guys did something. Well, first they “heard”. They must have been listening to all the conversations around them about Jesus and he had come home to Capernaum.
Look at what the paralyzed man’s friends did for him. They had faith that Jesus would do something for their friend. They literally climbed up on the roof, destroyed the roof by making a hole large enough to lower down their paralyzed friend on his pallet. These guys did something. Well, first they “heard”. They must have been listening to all the conversations around them about Jesus and he had come home to Capernaum.
Second,
they got together to make a decision how to get their friend to Jesus. Third, when they got there, what did they
do? They saw that the place was
packed. They couldn’t get to Jesus the
conventional way. Did they just give up
and say, “Ah man! This is packed. There’s no way we can get him to Jesus!” NO! They didn’t say that. Look what they DID. “They made an opening in the roof above Jesus
by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on.” At that point, Jesus “saw” their
faith
and forgave the paralyzed man’s sins. “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
Goodness! Jesus saw the faith of the friends who did
something for their paralyzed friend.
I
think that God wants us to "DO"
something once in a while. We can't just sit on our bums and "just"
pray. We are partners with God, we are His Kids. We have His fullness or
essence/glory of Him living in us. We are in Christ.
So,
now is the time. Take up your own pallet. Get up off your bum and walk/live for
Jesus. Show your neighborhood that He lives in you. (No Bible beating over the
head allowed!) Love those around
you. Don’t ignore them. The world already does that. You, on the
other hand, have God’s essence, His fullness, His Love living in you. If God is
Love, then we must love as He does. If God is Mercy, we must show mercy. If God
is......... you finish this as the Holy Spirit leads you!
