[The Glory Unveiled]
“Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.” ( Matthew 14:28 )
There is this distinguishing characteristic of faith that sets it apart from presumption and wishful thinking. Faith always waits to hear the voice of God first before it acts. In the verse of scripture above, Peter the disciple of Jesus, had seen Jesus walking on the water towards them [in a boat]. He had faith but his faith could not have been noticed or fruitful unless he waited for the voice of God and acted accordingly. Faith is about taking a risk because God had spoken it. Usually what God would demand of us would be something almost impossible to the ordinary man. And so in an attempt to carry it out, one would need faith; the conviction and trust in God to want to risk one’s reputation and even life. Though faith demands that we wait upon the voice of God, it takes more than just hearing the voice of God to being convinced about what God says and acting according to it as if we had a title deed to what God said. In Ezekiel 37:4;7 God told the prophet Ezekiel to prophesy to dry bones, and he did. In Genesis 22:2-3;10 God told Abraham to sacrifice his only son Isaac to him and he followed the instructions through until God interrupted him at the very last moment. All these acts are true demonstrations of faith because they risked everything to do what God asked them to do. Has God said something in His word about you? Take a risk and act in obedience to it; that is faith.
Prayer_Bead: Father in Heaven who is not pleased without faith, teach my heart to trust in you and the strength to act out my convictions of your word.
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