faith – Page 2 – Freedom in Truth

We all strive to be loved. To truly experience Love should start at birth, but we all know that isn’t how things always go. Love will never condemn you for being lost, but love will NOT let you stay there alone, even through it will never force you to come out from your hiding place. Love is an intangible gift; one you can give or receive. The ultimate gift is knowing How much God Loves Us because of the sacrifice He made through Jesus Christ. Love is not a commodity, which you work for or earn. Trust is something you earn, Obedience is something you learn, Faith is something you grow, but Love – LOVE is All of these, yet none of these.

   No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God   has prepared for those who Love Him! (1 Corinthians 2:9)

Don’t let the enemy of your soul talk you into accepting anything less than what God has prepared for you. Growing up without the tenderness of Love- a love you can feel and experience, not just empty words, can leave you feeling lost and alone. But when Real love comes into play, it can be so powerful the feeling is undeniable. Love is Powerful- It can heal the most broken soul. The right kind of Love, the Healing Love, the patient, forgiving kind of Love can bring about a peace that is unknown outside of this type of Love. This kind of Love is Not just a feeling, but an experience.

Love is patient, Love is kind…. Love never gives up, it never loses faith. Love is always hopeful and will endure through every circumstance. (1 Corinthians 13)

We are called to love one another – to be brothers and sisters in Christ – bringing about a sense of a deeper Love only Christ can provide. He does this through undivided Trust, Obedience, and Faith!

God is waiting for each of us to grasp the Loving concept – ‘If you knew me, you would Trust me!’

Love is not to be taken for granted or given without boundaries, but Love is the greatest gift of ALL!

Let not your heart be troubled, for you are deeply loved by God!

Levels of faith are earned through Trust, Obedience and Action. Faith takes action to produce. You can’t manifest it through thought or good works. Faith is earned through trials and tribulation that require Trust and Obedience. We find it easy to say, ‘Just have faith’ or ‘take that leap of faith’, but the truth is – no one can have Faith without Trust. Trust, I have learned, is Earned – not given. God should automatically earn your trust – just by the Truth foretold in the Bible. Like history, those that don’t know it are doomed to repeat it. Just reading through the scriptures should give you pause. We are living events foretold and reliving parts of history documented in the Bible. Faith is hard, yet we are told it’s easy or at least an easy concept. When God said he who believes only need to have faith the size of a mustard seed. Many people truly believe that is easy because a mustard seed is tiny, just a minuscule dot. That just means it’s a seed that needs watering to grow into its true magnitude.

Mountain moving Faith takes years to achieve no one is born with this spiritual knowledge. It’s a limitation of all humankind. The best news is that Our Father is not limited and there are none of us outside His realm of reach. We only need one thing or one person to plant that seed of faith into us; so that God can use that moment of realization to align things to fall into place to open the spiritual world to us. Then through our own studies and the ‘push’ of God will we be able to grow by leaps and bounds. Sometimes God will put you in a waiting period. We all get frustrated when our prayers aren’t answered right away, or the dream seems delayed. It is in this down time that God is working, using people, places and ‘things’ to grow and teach you! God chooses the weak, the poor and the sinner- you know us ordinary people, to conform the Wise. We are born in His image so that through the human life we can grow more Christ like through our trials or become bitter and sinical from the life we have. Personally, once I turned away from my anger and bitterness of the life I had been ‘given’ I realized I could choose my future. Learning to Trust in God that every bad thing that happened was just a test to see how I would react. What would I do to contribute to the growth of my own faith? We each are given tests, how you choose to respond will determine the outcome of your situation. Personally, I took to the Word. I began reading, studying and praying to a God I didn’t really know, I trusted that I was meant for more and needed to figure out how to get there. It is true when it is said the word of God is the Armor of God. He gives you scriptures to fight back against the battles you face, if you are in a down period, lost in the valley, You can hold onto the Words that are True! I would use scripture to combat my demons – when the Devil told me I was weak, God said I am strong – When the world reminded me that I was alone, God said I am with you, I will never leave you. When the heartache of lost loved ones filled my mind, again God reminded me that your rewards await you in heaven. A reminder I will be with them again. He equips us, builds our character, through trials and tribulations to be able to do extraordinary things. If God has you in a Holding period- Embrace the wait! You’ll experience Gods love while you are there. You won’t recognize it because you are still growing, but at some point, you’ll be able to feel it! A feeling of being safe- content – maybe even a little anxious. This is where You can change things. First, we must understand that everything that happens to us is character testing. Your reaction is the epitome of who you are at your core. Next, how do you overcome the situation or circumstance? Was this circumstance of your own choices – is it something you can change, if so, do you even want to? Never give up because it feels too Hard. Life is Hard, the world we live in is Hard, responsibilities are Hard, Obedience is Hard (at times). Life isn’t fair, but God is! Understand that through it all – This is the time when God teaches you who you are. A time when you learn to have Faith! Mountain moving Faith is REAL, we may not physically be able to move a mountain, but each trial you face feels like your own mountain! Hold on! Trust in His truth and Discover – You are a faith shaking, mountain Mover, Child of God, the Father.