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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

The title of today’s episode: ACTS OF FAITH

Today is Veteran’s Day. I honor all those who have served our military. My dad and father-in-law, my Grandpa Long, my Uncle Brian and many cousins and friends.  I also want to ask you to pray for those who are currently in the military. They signed up to serve our country, not knowing what they would face or where they would be sent. That is an act of faith.

As Christians, we become soldier’s in God’s Army not knowing what is facing us. But we step out in faith. We should be just as willing to go and do what the Lord wants us to do.

Today, I want to talk to you about acts of faith. The word of God is full of people that stood strong for the cause of Christ. The Old Testament is full of people that stood against false gods and the spirits behind them to worship Jehovah. When I think about Old Testament acts of faith, Elijah on Mt Carmel is one of my favorites. His faith in the one true God was strong. But no one would have known how strong, if he had not been willing to take a stand against all the prophets of Baal.

The New Testament example that we often use is when Peter stepped out of the boat and walked on water toward Jesus. This act of faith is often used to remind us that we all lose our God Focus at times. When storms of life come up, we can easily get our eyes on the storm and lose focus. I think this story is in the word to remind us of the beauty and strength of being the one to take that chance and step out in faith.

Time and time again, God proved who He was with many miracles. But behind every miracle was someone willing to trust God. Gideon would have surely lost the battle if he had gone in with a great army. Because God would have not fought for him. But he went in the name of the Lord and was obedient in faith.

I think about Jesus healing the man that was so sick his friends carried him to Jesus. But when they could not get to him, they climbed up on the roof and lowered him to Jesus. If it had not been for his friend’s acts of faith, he would not have received his healing.

James 2:14-17 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

Our faith in God means nothing if we have not the works that come with obedience. Faith without works is dead. In other words, you can have faith that can move mountains, but if you don’t use it, it profits nothing. The mountain never moves.

Matt 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Jesus’ example to the disciples, was the mustard seed. All the faith in the world would not move that mountain, unless you say to the mountain, be thou removed. Faith is a word of action not a state of mind.

What does it mean to have faith as a grain of mustard seed. Many use the size of the mustard seed to mean you need just a little faith. Some bible translations even now say if you have a little faith as a mustard seed. But Jesus wasn’t talking about the size of the seed, but the purity.

The mustard seed, even though it is tiny, it will not mix with any other herb. It stays pure. If our faith is as a mustard seed, then it will be pure and not mix with doubt and fear. As the enemy tries to plant seeds of doubt and fear, our faith will say, satan I will not be afraid because My God has got this situation under control. Keeping our faith pure so that God can work his miracles.

We often talk about the great big miracles of the Bible. We talk about the faith of those who have gone before us. But the big miracles, like Elijah calling fire down from heaven, were all built on the many small steps of faith he had taken his whole life.

Each step makes us stronger and gives us better understanding of our faith in God. When we take that next step, we grow in wisdom and understanding. We also grow stronger in our faith.

I think about my grandpa saying that when he was starting his faith journey, he would take his Bible to the woods and pray and ask God for understanding. He said he would kneel down one place, and he would feel like God would nudge him to get up and move somewhere else. He said he didn’t know for sure at the time if it was God, but he did it just in case it was God. What difference would it make in that case if he had been wrong? But through obedience, he learned God’s voice and how to walk out his faith walk. 

In order to be that soldier of faith, we need to be obedient and willing to walk by faith. Even when things are dark. Even when the storms are raging. Even when our natural eyes and mind do not see the way out of the storm. Stepping out in faith, walking out the acts of our faith will always bring the miracles we need.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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