Finding ways and words to start my blog without being repetitive is hard. I am not a good starter...anyways the title of my blog is selfless faith, it goes along with my last blog probably in a lot of ways but it has been on my mind a lot lately and I believe it is where God is working in my heart right now. I have been studying the book of James a lot the past few months and it seems that no matter where I go, whether it be to bible study on Thursdays, Wednesday night church, quotes on twitter or fuel, James or something on Faith has been the focus of the majority of the sermons or group discussions. It blows me away how God reveals himself and makes the area he is growing you in show up around every corner you turn. It makes me think "Man he loves and cares about me so much" and my appreciation for that could never be enough.
Faith is more than just saying you have it and it is even more than just believing. In James 2:19 it says "You believe that there is one God, Good! Even the demons believe that and shudder." It is not enough to just believe that God can do anything, its even more selfish to just expect God to do whatever we might ask of him. Paul talks about how Faith is a free gift from God. I believe that Faith can be such an incredible thing and God can do whatever he wants with our lives if we totally surrender to him and have total Faith in his plan. My struggle is not not having faith but having Faith that is empty. I pray to God and say "I have faith in your will for my life Lord and I give all my worries and burdens to you God". Then the next day I find myself worrying, stressing, and being sad about the things I had supposedly given to him and said God I had faith in you with this. That is empty faith, and I miss out on the opportunities to live life and and share the love of Christ through my life bc I am to busy feeling sorry for myself. I am so worried about my own selfish ambitions that I lose sight of why I am here on the earth to begin with. Praise the Lord that he is so forgiving and loving. It excites me to be realizing all of this because I know having total faith in God is going to bring more Joy and Happiness in my life than I could ever imagine. It already has, I know that there are always going to be hard times and that there will always be trials and sufferings to endure, I have them now, but the difference is that I know the hurt and pain is for a greater reason than I can see and it is worth enduring because I know God is going to see me through. And where ever I end up I have Faith and a peace that it is such a better place than where I would have been if I wouldn't have let him lead my everyday.
I want my faith to make a difference in my life, I want to be consistent and have continual faith and in everything I do bring Glory to God. Living for God is my purpose.
Everyday for Him!
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