Walk and Work Your Faith in God!

This is an excerpt from my book – I Give You Jesus, The Greatest Gift. Enjoy and be blessed!

(For musical enhancement- Going back old school – John P. Kee – We Walk By Faith – https://youtu.be/GXQPGE7UZ9c )

For we walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Cor 5: 7

Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. James 2: 17

In faith, many dreams are accomplished. In faith, numerous wondrous acts are achieved. In faith, insurmountable hurdles are overcome. In faith, the impossible becomes possible.

Okay, I’m not only speaking to those with great and grand schemes—I’m also speaking to the person who has a hard time getting up out of bed. Just placing your feet on the floor can be a “leap of faith” for some.

I’m also speaking to the person that has a child that just won’t change. You’ve prayed for years and years and haven’t given up, because you know there’s still hope.

I’m speaking to people who get frustrated with the computer when attempting to finish a project. You’ve almost completed it, and all of a sudden … it disappears. (Did I just speak of my own issue from last night?)

We continue in faith, hoping for change, looking for that “substance of things hoped for” and “evidence of things not seen” to come to realization.

If we can believe that a baby can be born of a woman by God and that the blood of that baby as a man can restore everyone in the sight of God who believes in Him—that’s major faith! That means that we possess within us the ability to “hope beyond hope” and believe that He’s able to do anything but fail.

It is due to that belief we can “walk by faith.” We can dream the “exceedingly and abundantly above.” We then have the ability to even love the unlovable, because He loved us so much despite our failings.

We can’t do things or “works” to earn God’s grace and mercy—that comes automatically when we believe—but we can please Him by demonstrating we trust and believe in Him. We move in faith, knowing that He will neither leave nor forsake us. We “step out of the boat” into the unfamiliar, knowing that with Him we can accomplish more than we can conceive or dream.

In our waiting, though, we must remember that “faith without works is dead.” That means I must exercise my faith by at least “walking by faith.” That means doing what I can do—moving in that direction—and then watching God work out the rest.

You can’t get out of bed until you attempt or at least have the desire to move your feet to the floor …

That child that may have given up on himself or herself may only have the glimmer of hope within you to even want to change … God may cause him or her to have hope through the hope that lies in you!

That project on the computer you worked on will continue to be lost if you don’t ask God for guidance on how to retrieve it. (Oh yeah, my testimony: after forty-five minutes of frustration, I “laid hands” on my tower and prayed, left it alone for a second, waited for wisdom of what to do next, and the information was restored. Glory!) Without faith—and speaking God’s promises to my situation—I would have given up and thought all was lost …

I hope you’re encouraged to now walk and work your faith in God!