Tag faith in God

Our feelings are unstable. Feelings change moment to moment. I’m not saying that our feelings and our emotions are bad. God gave them to us to fully experience and appreciate life. However, our feelings and emotions should never be in the drivers seat. They make lousy motorists. We walk by faith and not be sight (2 Corinthians 5:7). In this verse, sight is emblematic of our senses, feelings and emotions. Faith in God and in His Word must take precedence over feelings and emotions in order to be victorious in this life.

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Be it unto me according to thy Word are words of surrender. They are words that say, “Not my will, but yours be done“. Faith in God and in His Word is born out of submission. Submission to a higher power, a better plan, and a loving Father. Mary had no ideal what was happening to her. An event of this magnitude had never occurred before. Yet, in the face of embarrassment. In the face of ridicule, and in the face of ostracism she submitted herself and uttered the words, “Be it unto me according to thy Word” in Luke 1:38. I pray we submit ourselves, and incorporate those very words into our lives on a daily bases.

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Trails and difficulties in life are sent to dislodge you from your faith in God and in His Word. In football, a defensive back has two responsibilities (1) – to prevent the receiver from catching the football. If he can’t do that (2) – to dislodge the football after the receiver catches it. Your enemy’s goal was to prevent you from hearing God’s Word. However, now that you’ve heard it (caught the ball), his job is to dislodge you from the Word. He does this through the trials and difficulties of life. Don’t fumble the ball. Hold on to God’s Word until you experience the victory that is yours in Christ.

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