I recently decided I wanted to read the book of Hebrews. This book talks a lot about Faith and I know that I don't have a whole ton of it. Romans 10:17 says that Faith comes by hearing the Word of God. So...I'm reading what the Word of God has to say about Faith.
Scripture:
"So watch your step, friends. Make sure there's no evil unbelief lying around that will trip you up and throw you off course, diverting you from the living God. For as long as it's still God's Today, keep each other on your toes so sin doesn't slow down your reflexes. If we can only keep our grip on the sure thing we started out with, we're in this with Christ for the long haul. "- Heb 3:12-14 (Message version)
These verses really stood out to me. God makes a big deal out of our unbelief, our faithlessness. It literally says that our unbelief turns us AWAY from God. If I am away from God, that means I'm obviously not in right relationship with him, I can't hear from him and get his guidance & direction.
Essentially, I would be completely lost. And that is really scary. I don't want to be lost. I'm one of those people who have a poor sense of direction. I can barely get around my home town. I only know one route to places, if you go another way, I have NO idea where I am at. It's that bad. So for me to be lost spiritually? Oh my gosh, I couldn't even imagine what that would be like. I have no idea how my future is gonna play out, I don't know what decisions would be the right ones for me to make. I can AFFORD to be lost!
Observation:
In this chapter, we get the nitty-gritty of how God feels about us not believing and trusting in him. In the Old Testament, purely because the Israelites refused to believe that God was going to take them to the Promised Land, they were lost in the wilderness for 40 freaking YEARS. Can you imagine being lost for 40 years? Not having any idea where your life is going? Never getting to your destination? Dude, I would LOSE MY MIND. It would NOT be okay at all.
I can't believe they were able to make it 1 year of being lost. But then again, (if I can be really transparent with you guys) when I look back over my life, I think that because of my lack of faith in God's plan for my life relationally (my future spouse)I have been lost since I was 15 years old. That is 8 years. Do I really want to go another 32 years being lost because I just don't trust God about things? I also have not trusted him about what my future career would be. I knew it would be in the field of accounting, but not what I would be doing. I about lost my mind at the end of last year when I graduated from college with a not high enough GPA and no job prospects. I felt like God's plan just really wasn't working out (even though I had no idea what that was), and I started not trusting him.
But now I'm seeing he has me going in a completely different direction that I was planning to do. He doesn't want me focused on public accounting, but on a non-profit accounting. He wants me working with individuals...which is really where my heart has been all along. God's plan is always the right plan, but if we aren't listening, if we are not trusting and if we have no faith....we miss it. Wow, I just went into tangent mode, but I really think God is clearing things up for me. He really is building my faith, even in the past 10 minutes of writing this. wow.
So as far as Application & Prayer go.... I am just going to be asking God to increase my faith- by that I mean, as I read his word, that I will fully understand what it means, how it applies to my life, and how God is always in control.
Until next time
~K~
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