Walk in Faith

I passed a beautiful old church yesterday.  There's something powerful about old churches with tall steeples and stained glass windows where generations of people have found grace, have bound together with others because of their love for Christ, have shared sorrow and joy, and have found hope in good and difficult times.  The stories of these people are a part of something greater than what most would've realized,  influencing us whether we know it or not, impacting the way we live today.  Even so, they were like you and I, living one day at a time, wanting to live the way God planned, experiencing hardship and disappointments as well as over the top miracles. They were alive at a specific time in a specific space to do specific things, plowing through the uncomfortable hard stuff, celebrating the incredible unexplainable moments, walking in faith.

The thing is . . . when we live God's way . . . we believe there's more to life than what we have ever imagined.  

Consider. 

As for God, his way is perfect: The LORD’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him (Psalm 18:30, TNIV)

There are times we can't imagine the way God has planned is perfect.  But.  Life is a walk of faith.  We can break through the stuff  which comes into our life, even when it all seems to be impossible, through belief of what He has said rather than what we see in the moment.  God's way is perfect and His word is flawless.   Read what Jesus said to the man who learned his daughter died in Mark 5: 36,  “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”

The flawless words of Jesus were not about death but life.  The father believed what Jesus said.  He did not give up and walk away, but clearly wanted Jesus to come to his home despite what he had been told.  The father took a walk of faith when he went home.  Even so, I'm certain he could not have imagined the results of inviting Jesus into his home.   Everything changed when Jesus, the power of life, entered in.  Jesus took the dead little girl's hand and told her to get up.   So, she got up and walked.  The girl, as well as the people who knew her,  must have experienced an incredible walk of faith after experiencing life after death.

When we hold on to Jesus and receive His words of life, we are enabled and empowered to get up from the worst of circumstances and walk in faith.  Belief not only impacts our life, but the generations to come.  When we choose to take the walk of faith there's no reason to fear and every reason to believe.

Those who walk in faith refuse to be ruled by fear and believe God's way is perfect.
Don't be afraid.  Believe.  Take refuge in Him.
Walk in faith, believing you are a part of something bigger than the span of your life.

Learning to Kickstart the day walking in faith,
Kerrie

(written by Kerrie Carlisle Palmer © 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)