Posted on 04/09/2014 5:00:07 PM PDT by Vision
Today's Scripture
“And when he saw their faith...” (Luke 5:20, KJV)
Today's Word from Joel and Victoria
Do you know what moves the hand of God? This may surprise you, but God is not moved by complaining and self-pity. He’s not even moved by our needs. Yes, He is concerned about our needs; and yes, He wants to meet our needs, but we have to do our part and invite Him to work in our lives by exercising our faith.
When Jesus walked the earth, oftentimes right before He healed someone, the Bible says, “When He saw their faith...” So I ask you today, can God see your faith?
When God sees you doing everything you can to get well; when He sees you getting to work a little earlier because you really want that promotion; when He sees you bite your tongue to keep the peace in your house; when He sees you help others when you really need more help than they do; when God sees your faith, that’s when extraordinary things will begin to happen. Faith opens the door for God to move. So demonstrate your faith today and watch the hand of God move in every area of your life!
A Prayer for Today
Father, thank You for the gift of faith. I choose today to exercise my faith and let the world see that I’m trusting You. Keep me close to You. Search my heart and remove anything that is displeasing to You. I bless You today and always in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Rather than focusing on whether we're loving God enough or doing good enough, we can rather focus on how much God loves us every minute of every day, not because of how good we are, but because of Jesus and how good he is. When we are Christ-conscious and focus on His love for us, we forget about ourselves and about how much or little faith we have. We see his grace and God see our faith.
It is "by grace through faith" (Eph 2:8).
Thanks, Vision. Great reminder. Just exactly what I needed to hear today: )
Glad you like it.
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