Read Psalms 121:1-3
"I will lift up my eyes to the hills; From whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber."
Watching my lil baby nephew's progression from crawling to walking SOOO paints an accurate picture of faith - a believer's faith - in a loving and faithful heavenly Father. Think about it: as Cameron (my nephew AND blog logo) is walking...there are plenty of objects all around him that he COULD look to and grab a hold of to make his attempts to walk - and even his initial choice to walk - somewhat easier and possibly even faster. However, depending on where he is at a particular moment, those objects may not be available to him at the time or even as dependable as he thinks. So, with his big trusting eyes glued directly onto the caring AND capable parent in front of him, Cam CHOOSES not to depend on those objects - those things he sees around him. Rather, he chooses to trust & depend on the one (One) in front of him. Because ultimately, it isn't through dependence on those "safeties” - as legitimate as some of them may seem in the moment - that will strengthen his legs and build up his confidence to walk farther and faster. On the contrary, it's moving WITHOUT those "safeties" and beyond them and rather moving with the security of the affirming presence of his parent in whom he trusts.
As a baby Christian...when we're beginning this walk of faith with the Father...we may feel we need those "proofs". We may need those stationary objects to secure us up and "prove" His goodness, His faithfulness, His provision and protection. And that may be find in the beginning. But as we grow up, fam, it will be a mark of our maturity if we're able to walk & move without such devices and rather lean solely on the truth of His Word: that He will NEVER leave us or forsake us. (Deut. 31:6) Because ultimately, fixing your gaze and trusting in anything other than the unmovable and unchanging GOD (YHWH), - i.e. trusting in our feelings & emotions or the ever-changing trends and fads of the day or the current opinion and false wisdom of the culture, etc. - will mean certain disaster. All those things change & shift. GOD doesn't. Wanna grow, spiritually? Live by faith in the unmoving; unchanging King of kings and LORD of lords. Make sense?
True faith requires persistent trust. Trust requires an even more persistent patience. Oh and by the way.....Cam is RUNNING, now...Happy HumpDay.:-)
"When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things." ~ 1 Corinthians 13:11 NASB
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"For if we are beside ourselves [mad, as some say], it is for God and concerns Him; if we are in our right mind, it is for your benefit." ~ 2 Corinthians 5:13 (Amplified Bible)
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