So I find that many areas of my life, these days, are heavily dependent on Faith; hoping and believing that "It" will work out for good even though there is no substantial, glaring evidence that it will. At the risk of sounding like I don't adequately hold myself accountable for my life, I have to say that nothing seems to be in my control. I find myself making lots of lemonade because all I have is lemons. I'm asking myself, do I really have faith? When I pray, is it really with faith? Of course I can't know until I'm sure I know what faith is.
If I already know for a fact that my Father's Will will come to fruition then where does faith fit in? Does faith know that God will give me what I want or does it know that God will execute his Will? I don't know that faith believes God will give me what I want since the things I want might not always align with his Will. I could never really pray with faith if I am praying for what I want…And since I don't always know His Will then I can't always have Faith that I will get what I have asked for. If I am praying that God’s will be done, that’s kind of a platitude since it will be done regardless of where I stand on the matter. And if I do know “It” is His Will, then can it be called faith since I now have evidence that "It" is God's will which will definitely come to pass.
It is important to me to that I have Faith, because the good book says "without faith it is impossible to please God". So what is faith? Am I pleasing to God?
If I already know for a fact that my Father's Will will come to fruition then where does faith fit in? Does faith know that God will give me what I want or does it know that God will execute his Will? I don't know that faith believes God will give me what I want since the things I want might not always align with his Will. I could never really pray with faith if I am praying for what I want…And since I don't always know His Will then I can't always have Faith that I will get what I have asked for. If I am praying that God’s will be done, that’s kind of a platitude since it will be done regardless of where I stand on the matter. And if I do know “It” is His Will, then can it be called faith since I now have evidence that "It" is God's will which will definitely come to pass.
It is important to me to that I have Faith, because the good book says "without faith it is impossible to please God". So what is faith? Am I pleasing to God?
After much thought and praying about this topic, I believe faith is just keeping hope alive. Hope that God will take care of me and that no matter how bad things may look, it will all work out for me because I do love God. My only task is to continue to please him.
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