"if you have enough faith..."
"if you have enough faith"
you will get..."it" will happen...
__________( you fill in the blank with whatever fits your situation)
hearing those words,
which are normally spoken to someone who is hurting
by someone who is positive they know what God has planned
have a tendency to make my blood boil
and are a test of my faith
when they have been spoken to me
it is my faith
that keeps the speaker from injury
what is faith?
"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for,
the conviction of things not seen."
Hebrews 11:1
My faith lies in God
- who loves me
- who sees me
- who knows me
- who has an eternal plan that He is working
- what I receive
- nor on what I do not receive
- on what happens
- nor on what does not happen
God is not a genie in a bottle
where if I just have enough faith...
which translates to:
- if I pray the right words
- if I know the correct time is to pray
- if I get the "formula" just right
- if I am good enough
- if I am smart enough
- if I do enough good things
- if I avoid enough bad things
- if I give enough resources
- if I __________________________
I will get whatever I ask for from Him
and if I don't get what I ask for it is because I lack faith.
That is not faith that is a form of manipulation.
faith is knowing that God is in control
and He is working on my behalf, in every situation
whether or not I see or understand His ways and His timing
Amen!
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