We as believers, cling to a religion based solely around one concept.
Faith.
We have faith that the world was created by God, and that we are here as a result of that.
We have faith that Jesus died on the cross to save our sins, and we accept the salvation that came as a result.
We have faith that the words of the Bible are alive, active, and applicable to our lives.
We have faith that God is with us through his Holy Spirit.
We have faith in these and in many other truths.
These specifically are all seemingly huge beliefs, in that we have never seen these with our own eyes. We did not watch the world be created. We didn’t witness Jesus dying on the cross. We were not there when the Bible was written. We have never seen the Holy Spirit.
Yet, we believe it all. We have faith, and know that even without empirical evidence, these things are true.
But, something that has astounded me recently, is how we can have faith in these HUGE things, yet we seem to have such a small faith in God to provide for us in the little things.
Did God not also say in his word, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” -Matthew 6:25-26
We have faith in the big, in the things we maybe even once thought were impossible to believe. Yet, we lack faith in the little.
We lack faith that God can soften the heart of that friend or family member who has professed hate against Christianity, because they of all people would never believe. But did God not soften Saul’s heart? The man who led a great persecution in Jerusalem. The man who began to destroy the church. The man who led a charge to persecute and drag Christians to prison. Was he not the same man who God came to in a vision and got a hold of his heart, or who God used as his chosen instrument to proclaim the name of Jesus to the people of Israel?
We lack faith in God to provide for us financially. In those times when money is tight, when you’re a broke college student with thousands in debt, when you only work part time and barely have any money as it is. How could we possibly tithe 10% of the little we have in those times? But did God not say, “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.” -Malachi 3:10
We lack faith in God to deliver us through difficult times. In those seasons of never-ending waiting, in those times where the promises God made you years ago STILL haven’t come to pass, when you just can’t see an end to that thing you’ve been struggling with. But did God not deliver the Israelites from captivity after over 400 years AND their wandering in the desert after 40 more years? Did they not pass through the Red Sea as if it was dry land to deliver them from captivity, and THEN witness the walls of Jericho falling to deliver them into the promised land?
Faith is difficult, especially in the everyday little things. But, God never promised us it would be easy.
Now trust me, I would be a hypocrite if I said I didn’t struggle with this ALL the time. I constantly find myself in situations in which I find it incredibly difficult to put all of my trust God. So, join me in lifting up this simple prayer.
Jesus, help me to have faith. Not just faith in the big things, but in the everyday. Help me to have a faith that perseveres, even when it seems impossible
“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.” -Hebrews 10:23
With all my love,
Elizabeth Ann
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