Faith doesn't become activated until you act on it. We don't act on things we don't truly believe. If you haven't acted you don't believe or you have doubt. How do we take a desire or dream from wishful thinking to true faith in action? How do you keep fear from stealing that faith out from under you?
Wishful thinking turns into true faith when we develop a relationship with God and we know his character, what he will and will not do. How he's acted in the past. That he does not change. We can only know God by reading the bible. As we read and spend time in the word God will begin speaking to us through our spirit. The issues of our hearts will be addressed and ministered to. If you we don't spend enough time in the word our ability to hear lessons. Even when we hear from God the world's ways can choke out what we've heard.
God has placed within each of us desires and dreams. He expects for us to manifest them, but too often we shrink back with fear and never get any further than dreaming about the things we want. We lack confidence in our ability to accomplish the dream, or push them aside to help our kids, family, friends, spouse or boyfriends accomplish their dreams. God needs us women to serve him through our purpose not everyone else's. You have your very own path set specifically for you and everything needed to follow that path is in you. You have just enough to do what it is God needs you to do. Your willingness to act and God's annointing make for a supernatural ability to accomplish that which you were called for.
I have to admit that more often than not I fail to act out my faith. I start out strong, but just as quickly as my future is spoken to me, another thought follows that erodes my confidence to act on it. It's so easy to push those gentle whispers aside, that little voice that nudges me to act, create, develop, speak, design, bring to fruition the dream that I've been praying for. I'm great at encouraging my children to take on new things. Speaking confidence into them when they have self doubt. I can clearly see their talents and abilities and give them that extra push when I see them shrinking back from new things. For myself though it's always easier to put it off for a later time that never arrives. My faith has been weak. I admit it. Admitting it is the first step in correcting it right? I know the promises God has made, I know that I am intelligent, talented, driven. I know I only have to walk into it and then God will take over and provide provision, but still somewhere deep inside is a fear that sends doubt throughout my mind.
No more. I will not allow my faith to be contaminated by fear. I am making a conscious decision to start paying more attention to those gentle whispers. The leading of the Holy Ghost that directs and guides me. Today I am following the voice of God that told me to create and start writing this blog. I had to act immediately so that I wouldn't put it off until time that never came or I talked myself out of it for any number of reasons. God must have a purpose for me to open this forum and to join with other women in my journey through faith. If I am willing to allow him to use me he will fulfill his purpose through me. What's to fear? It's all God and a little bit of Kim! I know there are many women working through their faith. All of us with different challenges, at different stages in our faith, with different desires, all relying on the same God. A God who is greater than anything in this world. He has already overcome everything that could hold me back. So blog I will and to God be the glory.
Looking at your life today what are you standing if faith for and how are you activating that faith? What scripture(s) are you using to call it into existence?
2 Timothy 1:7
John 16:13-15
Psalm 16:7,8
Psalm 37:5
Psalm 56:10,11
Prov 16:3
Prov 20:24
Phil 4:13
Matt 21:21
