Faith checkup...

[K-J]

A pastor friend of mine was speaking to our bereavement group the other night, and he brought up a wonderful analysis about judging how "true" our faith in God is. To summarize what he said:

You go to the doctor. He checks you over, says you need medicine. Scribbles down an illegible prescription, hands it to you and sends you on your way. You give the scribbled prescription to the pharmacist, who deciphers it and gives you a bottle of pills. Off you go to your home, you pour a glass of water. You open the pills, put the prescribed amount in your mouth and wash them down. You didn't have the doctor check to make sure the pharmacist read the presription right - you didn't ask a chemist to verify what the pharmacist gave you was what was prescribed. You could have died instantly if it were not the correct medicine, yet you swallowed. You acted in absolute faith that everyone in the chain did their part correctly.

How then, he asked, if we say we believe in God and accept the salvation given to us through the death and resurrection of His Son, is it so hard for us to lay our burdens in His hands and LEAVE THEM. We exhibit unwavering faith in daily situations, but when it comes to the very core of what we say we believe, we hold back.

Perhaps our wait for answered prayer has a bit to do with the fact that we haven't totally surrendered the problem, we cannot bring ourselves to fully let go. I am making it my mission over the coming days to truly evaluate my depth of faith and work on making sure I am fully surrendered and in line with God's will. I am praying for everyone in this prayer family that they might take the time to evaluate their faith as well. May God's blessings flow when we can honestly say we trust Him more than the pharmacist.

Just a thought - Have a blessed day in the Lord.

 

[Harold]

Thank you K-J, I needed to hear this from that perspective. It does show how we can easily put more faith in man than we do in the Lord.

 

[lizowens]

This is too neat KJ, never, ever thought of things in this way, I know in marriage counseling I was once asked to fall back into Don's arms and trust him to catch me, I COULD NOT DO IT. Food for thought is always welcome where I am concerned, thank you KJ, and thank You Lord for Your vessels to pass the messages.

 

[Heidi]

Lord, thank you for this reminder. How often we trust so easily upon our earthly things. Yet we don't fully give our burdens to you. Lord, i am so blessed you listen to all our prayers. You know our prayers before we even ask. You are so faithful, i pray that I to,, can stand firm and be faithful. Lord, so many times i say i give u these burdens, and some sneaky way, i at times take them back. Lord, teach me to give up those burdens and leave them at your feet. I believe you will take care fo the burdens, forgive me for trying to do the earthly things, and take back. For i know u will handle them the way they need to be delt with. In his I pray, amen

 

[Heidi]

Lord, this is why i love this website, you show me the things i need to see, when i need to see them. O'Lord, you are so good. God bless all our prayer warriors. In Jesus Name, amen

 

[Dion]

Amen. If we all thOUGHT it was like that life i'm sure would be easyer for all...pretty great massage k-j thankyou

 

[llewis34x]

K-J thank you so much for this! I too needed to read it! We must lay everything willingly at God's throne to totally surrender it to him.

Lord I pray thanks to you for this site and what it means to us all. Lord thank you for giving this message to K-J to share with us and for blessing those of us so lucky enough to read it.

In Your Holy Name,

Amen

 

[Bernie]

Thank-you K-J for that and you are right. Lord, Help me to give you my wife Doris and our Marriage and Put it at the Foot of the Cross. Lord, Do your Great work in our Marriage in Jesus name Amen. Father you are a Loving and Understanding God And I Give you all the praise and Honor for What you are Doing in our MArriage and you continue to do. Amen

 

[flower]

so just let go and surrender even if your entire world is falling apart..

 

[llewis34x]

God works the hardest when things are the toughest.