Get Your Faith Straight - Part 1
Most days I go outside to water my plants, weed
and straighten up things. I happen to a
have a stepping stone that stands upon its edge for decoration. It’s not all that pretty, but it’s what it
says that makes it beautiful. It’s the word faith. Faith is very important and something we need
to encourage each other and to keep hold of, during our most trying times in
life. It stands as a reminder to
everyone looking--- to not lose faith. Faith
is so important in fact, that the bible says,” without faith it’s impossible to please God.” Not only is faith important to have answered
prayers, but is one of the main ingredients for salvation in Christ.
I don’t know how many times I have gone outside
and have found that stepping stone crooked.
The word faith is leaning in a wrong direction when it needs to be
straight. So I’m always paying attention
to it, to make sure it stays straight.
In life, when something bad happens, our faith is
tried and our faith can get bent out of shape.
It's hard to understand some of what God is doing in our lives all the
time, especially when it seems things are not going our way.
I was thinking about this and I asked myself the
question, "When Is Our Faith Considered Crooked?"
I think the first way our faith would be
considered crooked is if we are putting our faith in the wrong things. Putting your faith in the wrong thing can
make the difference between life or death.
It would be the equivalent to a police officer trusting in his water gun
verses trusting in his real gun in a dangerous situation.
In the Christian walk, what you trust in is so
important that it makes a difference between life and death. The bible plainly teaches, we are not saved by
works, but that works are to be an important part of a Christians walk because
they love God. We are not to trust in
works for salvation, but live out good works
with the motive of pleasing God. If we have faith in our works for salvation, we are
trusting in what we do to save us. When
we have faith in what Jesus did, we are trusting in what Jesus did for our salvation.
If we are trusting in how good we are, it would be
considered pride in the eyes of God.
If we are trusting in what He did, we know we
could never live good enough. We would
realize He so lovingly paid our debt. We
would humble ourselves knowing , he gave us something we do not deserve.
Get your faith straight today by trusting in what Christ did and not what you have done to get yourself to heaven when you die. Yes, live your best and give your best. Not because you have to, but because you want to. Want to, because God is pleased with and uses our good works for his glory.
Dear Father God,
Thank- You so much for paying for our sin debt
upon Calvary's tree. We do not deserve
the love you have shown to us. Thank-
you for your mercy towards poor lost sinners, that would have had no hope without you. Help us be consistant in good works, that you may be glorified in our life and walk.
In Christ Jesus Name I Pray - Amen
Ephesians 2:8-10
For by grace are ye saved
through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Susan Y Nikitenko
July 30th, 2014
Devotional - Read: Ephesians 8
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