Friday, January 2, 2009

Prevailing Faith

Okay, I liked the sound of the words "Prevailing Faith". I wondered though exactly what is it to have that type of faith. When one is needing a move of God. Wanting to see the good things that God has in store or has promised, prevailing faith is what it takes. Not faith that is here today and then gone the next. It takes a steady flow of faith in God. Without faith it is impossible to please Him. So a light bulb went off in my head. Something told me to go and get the dictionary. And guess what I did. As you read the following words and their meanings put yourself into these definitions. Are you doing what the definition of that words is saying? Put your circumstances in the "blanks".
Prevail - 1. To win control: triumph. 2. To be effective: succeed. 3. To be common or frequent: predominate. 4. To be in force or in use: persist. To persuade successfully.
Faith - 1. Belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of someone or something. 2. Loyalty or allegiance. 3. Belief and trust in God. Religious conviction. A system of religious beliefs.
Faithful - 1. Supportive: loyal 2. Worthy of trust or belief. 3. Consistent with fact.
Trust - 1. Firm reliance in the honesty, dependability, strength, or character of someone or something. 2. One in which faith or confidence is placed. 3. Care: custody. 4. Something given into one's care for the benefit or interest of another: charge 5.Reliance on something in the future: hope 6. To have or place confidence in: rely 7. To be confident: hope 8. To believe 9. To entrust.
Hope - 1. To want or wish for with a feeling of confident expectation. 2. A wish or desire accompanied by expectation of its fulfillment.
Confidence - 1. Reliance or trust. 2. A trusting relationship.
Expectation - 1. The act or state of expecting. 2. Eager anticiptation for something coming.
Reliance - Confident: trust
Prepare - 1. To make or get ready for some purpose, task, or event.

Now what I got from this was.....
In order to have prevailing faith in God are we....
Having faith in God without wavering?
Trusting that He is faithful to what He has promised?
Relying solely upon Him?
Having a confidence that He is able to perform those desires?

I don't know, to me, when I read the definitions I really felt God in those meanings. We just need to keep our eyes on the Lord and not worry about other things.
That is hard to say and do when you are faced with such a gigantic mountain in your face. But God does not lie and He will do what He says. We get in a hurry but God says "Not in your time, but mine." His ways are better than ours. Sometimes I think we feel like God maybe testing us. In some cases that may be it, He may be testing our faith. But other times I think it is because we get so impatient and we are wanting God to move now.We are trying to rush God when we should just be enjoying His company and using the time that He has given us to wait EXPECTANTLY, and learn more from Him.
I have been trying to learn how to wait upon the Lord, with anticipation. Knowing in my heart that God will perform His word. God doesn't know how to lie. He loves us and knows what is best for us, we just need to trust in Him and learn to have patients.

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