Faith is being sure of what you hope for, and certain of what you cannot see. Faith is not watching your personal agenda be adhered to and followed to your liking. Gary Burge writes "the crowd in Jerusalem ... assumed that Jesus and His movement would serve their cause. Their vision for society and Jesus' presence could together make changes they dearly desired ... Jesus' failure to satisfy those visions (religious, political, and social) leads to a cry for crucifixion one week later." This made me start thinking - what do I do with my faith when God's power does not fulfill my agenda - does my faith get stronger, or do I cry out for crucifixion? Even when your agenda seems Godly: I mean, look at all the people it could help, look how safe and secure I could be, look at how God could be glorified - why wouldn't God want to honor that?! But God has another plan. One we don't always understand. Ravi Zacharias says "Faith is confidence in the person of Jesus Christ and in His power, so that even when His power does not serve my end, my confidence in Him remains because of who He is". We must be confident in God because of what He has already done (see Easter), not because of what we think He can or should do.
So where is your faith?
Sunday, April 17, 2011
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