Are we daring enough to invest our faith in an unruly-yet totally loving God?
What a great devotional with the Lakewood team (who is arriving on Sunday) on my heart and mind. I long for us to take leaps of faith that defy common sense, that we would risk everything and obey the very words of God. That we would trust completely in the Father and as opportunities of adventure arise...we would leap to take it and operate out of our love relationship with Him. Are we daring enough to invest our faith in an unruly-yet totally loving-trustworthy God?
"Jesus Christ demands (the same) unrestrained, adventurous spirit in those who have placed their trust in Him... If a person is ever going to do anything worthwhile, there will be times when he must risk everything by his leap in the dark. In the spiritual realm, Jesus Christ demands that you risk everything you hold on to or believe through common sense, and leap by faith into what He says. Once you obey, you will immediately find that what He says is as solidly consistent as common sense.
By the test of common sense, Jesus Christ’s statements may seem mad, but when you test them by the trial of faith, your findings will fill your spirit with the awesome fact that they are the very words of God. Trust completely in God, and when He brings you to a new opportunity of adventure, offering it to you, see that you take it. We act like pagans in a crisis— only one out of an entire crowd is daring enough to invest his faith in the character of God." Oswald Chambers
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