My Faith Shall Be My Eyes...

There's a song by Chris Tomlin, "I Will Rise," that like gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.  Our praise and worship team at church sings it, and I just feel God in that song.  If you haven't heard it, listen to it now.

Now, there's a part in the song that says, "There's a day that drawing near.  When this darkness breaks to light.  And the shadows disappear.  And my faith shall be my eyes."

Well, that part had me thinking about how we need to be walking in faith, not by sight.  Easier said that done, right?  Of course, but isn't the important part about "faith" not seeing what you're believing for?

Hebrews 11:1 tells us that "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for; the evidence of things not seen."  

We've got to be blind to see.  Sounds crazy, I know, but hear me out here.  A blind person walks by faith every day.  He has to believe that he won't run into something; he has to believe in his own abilities to get him from here to there in complete darkness. 

So instead of having the ability to literally see, the blind man has to see by faith. 

"My faith shall be my eyes."  We need to take that example and start letting faith dictate our lives.  What is the point of faith if we can't believe what we've asked for?  God isn't going to give us something simply because we ask.  He has to know that we BELIEVE HIM for whatever we're asking for. 

I challenge you to start putting the faith of God in your everyday life.  Let your faith be your eyes.  Forget your empty bank account.  Forget the symptoms of the sickness you have.  Forget what is in front of you that is terrible.  INSTEAD, SEE the outcome you want.  BELIEVE for the outcome you want.  NOT what is in front of you. 

It doesn't have to be hard.  We make it hard.  We make it impossible.  Not God.  God is faithful and just to give us what we ask for.  We just don't believe hard enough. 

Let me leave you with this verse.  1 John 5:4 says, "For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith."

Notice what is says here.  OUR FAITH overcomes the world!  We have the victory!  It says so.  We just have to have faith!

Let faith be your eyes, and you can overcome the world and have victory! 

God wants us to be Healed, Whole, and Delivered

I saw a commercial the other day for some kind of medicine. I’m not sure what kind it was, maybe for arthritis, but what I noticed was that the list of side effects was extensive and well, I think death was probably one of the side effects. I’m serious. I think it said something about heart failure, and well, we need our hearts to survive. I told my mom that I’d rather deal with the arthritis or whatever it was than face the side effects of the medicines. But then it hits me. We don’t HAVE to put up with anything. God wants us to be whole, healed, and delivered.

1 Peter 2:24 (ESV) states, “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.” Notice the “you have been” part of that verse. That means we were already healed. That healing is ours for the taking. So why are we putting our faith in the medication that could cause heart failure?

It’s not easy, putting our very health in someone else’s hands completely. It’s not that we want to be sick, it’s just that “Well, it happened. What else can I do?” attitude that is keeping us in our current state of mind. Not only that, we put our faith in medications and other remedies to heal us when in fact, we only have to pray and receive for our healing.

This faith doesn’t even have to do solely with healing. What else do we need in our lives? Why don’t we have them? Are we not putting enough faith into our prayers? Do we even think that it’s worth praying for?

I can tell you that no matter how small your request is, God will answer it, and He will supply whatever need you have.

Don’t limit what God can do for you. He wants to help us succeed in our social, emotional, physical, and financial aspects of life. Most importantly, have the faith that NO MATTER WHAT, God will in fact hear your cries. He will heal you. He will deliver you.

Psalm 100 v.3 Know that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. v.5 For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.