Adventures with God in the Life of Faith

I would like to encourage you to live a "life of faith." No matter where we live or what God has given us for a vocation, that challenge is applicable today. The life of faith consists of two parts. First, giving ourselves completely to God and second, trusting Him for everything. I find that I need reminders to give myself completely to God because even though I have done it in the past, human nature drifts away from that commitment and it needs to be refreshed. Paul expressed it in 1 Corinthians, "and ye are not your own for ye were bought with a price..." If we want God real and to have continual personal revival, we must continually yield or give ourselves to God.

Trusting God isn't just for financial needs but for physical, emotional and spiritual needs as well. It seems as though if God isn't testing us in one area of our lives then it is in another. We may have plenty of money, but desperately need to know God's direction for where he wants us to live, or be feeling overwhelmed by fear. The answer is to trust God. One mature saint put it this way, in every circumstance and difficulty simply say "for this there is God." Someone else defined abiding in Christ as saying in every situation, "for this I have Jesus." I will never forget a meeting years ago where I heard the powerful truth that whatever we face, we can proclaim "Jesus is bigger."

In reading the Psalms I notice how many times David refers to his trust in God. Here are a few examples: "What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee." Psa 56:3 "Trust in him at all times, ye people; Pour out your heart before him..." Psa 62:8 "Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will make mention of the name of Jehovah our God." Psa 20:7 "But as for me,...I trust in the loving kindness of God for ever and ever." Psa 52:8 "They that trust in Jehovah are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever." Psa 125:1 "So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me; for I trust in thy word." Psa 119:42

One of the greatest challenges and opportunities is to trust the promises written in God's word which clearly show that He is in control and everything is going to come out just right. He knows the end from the beginning and when we are in the middle of it all we must remind ourselves that God is going to prevail and all evil will be vanquished by the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. We must fight the good fight of faith, but He will always give us the victory.