We often criticise Peter's lack of faith; but how about the other Disciples? They did not trust Jesus at all did they?
When I worked for a large multi-national we often had "team-building" events. I hated them. On one occasion they asked us to stand on a box and lean back so that someone behind us would catch us from falling. I declined to take part. The man behind me was small and a weakling and I thought I'd flatten him if I fell on him. There's no way he would catch me. The organisers said I was no "team-player"; they decided I had leadership potential instead.
How about you? Would you have trusted someone to catch you?
When things go wrong in life, for you or for someone you love, do you trust God enough to take care of the situation? Or do you blame Him for things going wrong and not taking care of you?
I don't want to pontificate about this. I've had several things go really wrong in my life and at the time I focussed more on the bad thing than thinking about God. I just wanted to get through the event, whatever the outcome, rather than trust in God. Suddenly, He did not feature in my thinking. I forgot about Him.
Someone told me that when we're in real difficulties and we pray to God, it is not necessarily a sign of despair, but a testament to our faith. We pray because we believe there's Someone listening and we're not just talking to ourselves.
The thing is, do we pray with full confidence that He will answer our prayers, or do we doubt He will answer the way we would wish things to be.
Do we trust God totally - or with conditions?
It is no point having faith in a Master who walks on water if we do not trust Him enough to follow Him.
No comments:
Post a Comment
I PRAY FOR ALL WHO COMMENT HERE.
God bless you.