Monday the 21st

2 Corinthians 5: ⁷ For we live by faith, not by sight.

 

It was a pretty junky weekend for me this weekend. We had some family issues come up that tend to wear down your spirit, and make it very hard to see any type of path, meaning, or rational understanding of the things you see in front of you.  In short the way the world looks, makes you feel defeated, hopeless, and lost. It is this simple scripture that keeps me sane during times like this.  We live by faith. The world looks crazy, but I have faith that there is a plan, my life looks hopeless, yet faith tells me that there is hope in endless supply. You can’t understand why these things happen, you can’t understand what purpose they serve, but faith reminds us that God has a plan. He is working for the good, even when times seem so bad. It is faith that pulls us through the fire, over the obstacle, and into the next season. Faith the size of a mustard seed can move a mountain, while sight will tell you it can’t be done. And there is the sweetness of our Lord, and savior. It is not the things we can see that matter, for nothing is impossible for our God. If we live by sight, we have lost before we begin. The world is full of can’t and won’t. Thos words are not in Gods vocabulary. There is nothing that God can’t do, there is nothing that God won’t do for you. There is little doubt that we all go though times where life looks bleak. The road is hard to see, it is bumpy, and it is full of sharp turns. The fog of the world rolls in, and seeing beyond the end of your nose is an impossible task. It is during those moments, that we are reminded that we do not need sight to navigate. It is then that we must close our eyes, and take that next step, not because we can see where we are going, but because we have an unshakeable faith in the Lord that He will set your foot solidly down on the right path, and He will continue to do that for you with each step you take in faith. Yes this world goes crazy from time to time, it gets our of hand, and nothing makes sense. Quit looking at the world and trying to live my sight. Make the next step you take, a step of faith. Live your life with the faith of the Lord in your heart, and know that even in your darkest hour, you can have faith that the Lord is working to cast out the shadows. In the roughest of storms, God is coming with a calming word, and in the confusion of the world, God has the plan, the message, and the direction, that will cut through the impossible things you see, to make them possible. Live by faith, and live the life that God intends for you, it is a life free of doubt, and full of grace. 

 

 

God Bless,

Brian Thetford

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