Day Nineteen: Give Faith

Give … Faith

So, my friends, this is something like what has taken place with you. When Christ died he took that entire rule-dominated way of life down with him and left it in the tomb, leaving you free to "marry" a resurrection life and bear "offspring" of faith for God. Ro 7:4

Those of us who are strong and able in the faith need to step in and lend a hand to those who falter, and not just do what is most convenient for us. Strength is for service, not status. Ro 15:1

For in Christ, neither our most conscientious religion nor disregard of religion amounts to anything. What matters is something far more interior: faith expressed in love. Ga 5:6

We express faith on a daily basis: faith that the mechanic who fixed our brakes did a good job; faith that the meal we are eating in our favorite restaurant was prepared with the freshest ingredients; faith that the chair we are about to sit in was built correctly. Faith is often perceived as an intangible abstract – hard to understand – easily misunderstood.

Faith as small as a mustard seed able to toss a mountain into the sea? Faith able to open blind eyes and unstop deaf ears? Such a powerful aspect of belief, but such a difficult thing for our finite minds to grasp.

One meaning of faith in scripture is fidelity. In the natural, fidelity has to do with the degree an electronic system is able to accurately reproduce the sound or signal that it is receiving. Could faith simply be the outward reproduction of our relationship with God?

When we are “plugged in” to God and receiving his “signal,” allowing the current of the Holy Spirit to flow through us, what is expressed is faith –large enough to move mountains, powerful enough to express love.

Father-God, I believe in You. I trust your holy character. I open my heart to receive your love. Release your mountain-moving power within me.