The Word Is FAITH

I got a call over the weekend from someone who reads these blogs. This person wanted to discuss one from last week that I had titled, "Rescue."

The caller pointed out to me that I had come close to but had failed to use the one word that would really convey what I was trying to say. The word is FAITH.

He pointed out to me that I had danced all around it and that some perhaps would get it but that I needed to come right out and say (write) that what out nation needs is faith in God. The caller firmly believes, as I do, that we have lost our national faith in God.

We have turned more and more to government, etc. and that's not going to get the job done.

We need FAITH IN GOD. We need to remember that He is in control and that we can have faith that He will work out His purposes and His goals. We need to have faith in Him that He does what is best, what is right, what is holy and what is good for His people.

We also need to remember that faith requires action.

It is one thing to say we have faith. It is quite another thing to act on that faith.

God spoke through James to say to us that, "faith without works is dead." James 4: 20 KJV

God also challenged us through James when He said, "Shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works." James 4: 18 KJV

That challenge is meant to convey to us that we cannot demonstrate faith without the action of works or acting on our faith.

In the midst of our national need, demonstrating that we have faith in God, if indeed we do, means holding our heads high even in the toughest of times. It means speaking words of hope rather than continual despair. It means being focused on God Who is in control rather than focused on an economy that seems out of control.

God's promise to His people is that, "all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose." Romans 8: 28 KJV

It may go against the grain of what the world would have us do, but we need to have faith and then show our faith.

Praise God in the midst of these troubled times. Get excited about watching and waiting to see just what He is going to do. Celebrate all the ways He chooses to confound those who consider themselves wise.

And don't let your faith be challenged by those who choose not to have it or exercise it. Go to Psalm 91 and be blessed by words like these; "A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation, there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. Psalm 91: 7-10 KJV

The word, the practice is FAITH. In God and God alone.

Please pray for revival. A sweeping great awakening for our nation.

In His Love
Walter