Faith- definition from dictionary  "complete trust or confidence in someone or something."

One word yet it can mean so much.  Complete trust, how can we know about complete trust.  Trust not just in the good times but also in the dark times.   Not knowing what will happen but only knowing this is God's will and that you must obey but because of faith knowing he will be there and things will work out for His plan. Faith like a child.  Have you ever thrown a child into the air and caught them again?  Spun them around and around.  Caught them as they jumped from what to them seemed a great hight? They scream not out of fear but because it is exhilarating.  When we have faith things that otherwise would seem scary or impossible seem quite simple.  Sometimes we are lead to worry about what will happen how things will work out.  It is important to remember that while the decisions we are making will have an impact and need careful consideration if we are searching for God's will and heart in whatever situation we find ourselves and are striving to follow no matter what it really becomes quite simple.  This is what God has given us to do and because he has given it to us He will provide what we need as Hudson Taylor said, “God’s work, done God’s way, will never lack God’s supply.” It may not come in the way we were expecting, the way we wanted, or the place we were looking, but it is the way God has planned it.  As in the story of the battle or Jericho perhaps the way will seem strange but God has a plan.  A plan where he is exaulted and provides and cares for us when we follow his will.  As the song from Veggie Tales goes.

"The Lord has given this land to us
No need to fuss, He knows what He's doing
We know that He will take care of us
If we will follow Him.

God's way is the best way,
Now that I know He loves me so
His way is the best way
And that's the way for me!"


Faith simple childlike faith may not always seem easy to obtain.  The way will not always be easy but we know that God is always there to catch us to hold us and comfort us and to lead us again down the path He has chosen for us.


Faith (Sept. 30, 2003)

Faith is not jumping into the dark, not knowing what is there.
Faith is jumping into the dark, knowing that God’s loving arms are going to catch you.

Julie Gibson

 
Darkest Night (September 12, 2009)

Sometimes you need the darkness
So you can see the light
For light it shines it’s brightest
In the darkest night
When the sky  is blackest
Shine the greatest stars
When your in the deepest valleys
Is when you see what mountains are
If we had no valley travels
How would we know the greatest heights
The arms of God will lift us higher
Through our deepest darkest nights
We could not see heights attained
If we would net be down beneath
Nor see the stars shine out their greatest
If there where no nights.

Julie Gibson