Leap of Faith

Here’s a truth.

Sometimes you will find that you cannot completely figure out some situation. But you may have a feeling it’s time to do something, regardless. Then is when you have to take a leap of faith.

 A leap of faith happens when you just trust God to take care of you, and you don’t worry about what the second step will be. You fling it all out on him and jump into the first step, knowing he will catch you, set you down in the right place, and show you the next steps. Hebrews 11:1 describes it well: "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see."

At this linked site, Ron Paul, the "Daddy Blogger," writes that

"in order to mature in the Christian faith, there are points in our lives where we have no option but to ... trust that God is faithful and will provide.  During and after that process, we are left with the option of either publicly praising God or keeping it to ourselves." In these situations, rather than "just leaving us as fools hanging high and dry, God would rather be glorified by providing us what it takes to get through the problem, not around or over it."  (The picture is borrowed from this site.)

 

I think God loves it when we can take leaps of faith. Going airborne with this kind of faith honors him and shows him our trust. He loves us for it.  

Well….he loves us anyway, already. And we don’t deserve it.

Okay, that’s a couple of truths.

Leap of Faith

http://connectionsgodandtheworld.blogspot.com/2011/07/leap-of-faith.html

Testimonies of Faith

Lauren, of “Created for His Glory,” writes that she is hosting a tour of testimonies of faith, beginning on October 1.

I believe this is something that could be very big—if lots of Christians share their stories of faith, the witness could be tremendous. This kind of thing is what we are called to do on the Internet. Reverberations from it could magnify into endless numbers. Lives could be changed. We are called to be ready to give reasons for our faith. And we are to go out and make disciples. Let’s do it!

Here’s how it will work. On Sunday, October 1, Lauren will post the story of how she came to have faith in Christ. All Christians who want to join in are invited to post their own salvation story and link it to hers.

At the link above, you can find the code for this graphic. I couldn’t make it work, but maybe you can! I myself am cybernetically challenged. If you have any suggestions for me, I'll be happy to try them.

She wrote: “Oh, just think how awesome it will be to read how God worked in so many lives to draw people to Himself. . . . And when all is said and done, I pray… to God be the Glory!”

Testimonies of Faith

http://connectionsgodandtheworld.blogspot.com/2006/09/testimonies-of-faith.html

Drew and Jesus

A few years ago, my mother, my three-year-old grandson Drew, and I stopped at a Dairy Queen on our way home from a 45-mile trip to fetch Drew. We were going to eat hamburgers and ice cream cones; it was dinner time, a time when Dairy Queens are usually full of people.

After we ordered, we went to sit down in a large dining area. Only one other person was in that room. I said, “Look, Drew, we are almost alone in here.”

Drew said, “We aren’t ever really alone, Mom-oh. Jesus is always close to us.”

I was very touched by this little boy’s faith. As I thought about it, I was deeply gratified that my daughter and son-in-law had taught him to have faith in Christ, and that he could make the connection to what I said—even though, of course, I was more glad than disturbed about being alone in the Dairy Queen dining room. He knew that he didn’t have to worry or be afraid of being alone.

We did not teach our children about faith when they were little. I thought the most important values in life were family love and moral goodness. I took them to church pretty often, mostly because it seemed like the right thing to do. But through the years, God planted seeds of faith in them and got them through the hard adolescent years without any permanent damage. Family love and moral goodness are good . . . but they are not enough.

More to come….

Drew and Jesus

http://connectionsgodandtheworld.blogspot.com/2006/09/few-years-ago-my-mother-my-three-year.html