Wouldn’t it be great if the title of this blog were as simple as it sounds? I mean, if we could just snap our fingers and have less fear and more faith, then life would be grand, right?! Well, I’m not so sure it would be! That’s just not how life works! And if that’s the case, then why in the world do we need more faith? Glad you asked!
Walking in fear is for the birds! I’ve done it A LOT in my lifetime, and never have I (myself) been able to change the outcome! One example is when my husband changed jobs. We weren’t sure if he would get one last check from his previous job prior to getting his first check at his new job. The thing is, no amount of worrying or fear was going to change that outcome! He either was going to get one and it would make things really great, or he wasn’t and we would figure out how to pay bills another way! All fear did for me during that time, was cause me to fret! There have been many times where I have wasted much of my time living in fear, and it has never solved anything! I’m not great at this, but I’ve decided to live my life with less fear and save myself some stress!
Having faith means holding onto something or someone that is bigger than us! The Bible tells us that if we have the faith of a mustard seed we can move mountains! One day I got curious about this and bought a package of mustard seeds. Man, I can’t even describe in great enough detail of how small they really are! And yet, if I have that amount of faith I can move mountains? What this verse says to me (personally) is that MY mountains will be moved when I hold onto faith! The thing is though, everybody’s mountain will look different. Maybe yours is needing a job, mine is needing healing in my body, and perhaps your neighbor needs food on the table because payday is still 3 days away! Do I think God can literally move mountains? Absolutely! Do I think he will go around moving them just because? No, I don’t! But I do know that having faith has allowed me to have peace like never before. I also know, that whatever it is that I’m believing for, it will happen in God’s timing, not mine! And it will happen in the way God sees fit, not the way I see fit! It has taken me years to accept this! And sometimes, I still cry and and get really mad at God because I lay my faith down somewhere along the way and I pick the fear back up! When this happens, I usually get a second go round…..you know…..to try again! And if I’m smart, I pick my faith back up and kick the fear to the curb!
Having less fear and more faith allows me to have rest from upon high! When I focus on my faith, I can walk through my day knowing that I don’t have to try and figure things out on my own, because I have given “said circumstance” over to God and it now is up to Him to handle it! I wish putting this into practice EVERY SINGLE DAY was as easy as typing it out! Unfortunately, there are things that happen where I allow my emotions to dictate my reactions and fear rushes through me in an instant! But thankfully, I serve a mighty God who is faithful to the end and grabs ahold of my hand and calms the fear and gently reminds me to have more faith!
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