Friday, July 23, 2010

Questioning my Faith

There are times when as today my faith starts to waver. This society's instant gratification mode has affected me as well. When I don't get my answers fast enough from above then I am as susceptible to doubt as anyone. I pray to God day in and day out waiting and watching trying to discern His Will but yet I hear nothing.

Then  I read proverbs 3:5 and 6 .  5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. (KJV)

Well this is a conundrum. I am experiencing a wavering faith and yet the bible tells me to Trust which is at the heart of the matter. Well after that I remembered something else from the book of JOB. We all know the story of JOB his trials and tribulations. And he questioned GOD. Well God answered him.

4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?Job 38:4-5 (KJV)

This is what strikes me most about this: I believe in God. I am trusting in Him for my eternal salvation. I believe the Bible is His inerrant Word. So my moment of wavering is just that a moment. We can question God, but never doubt His motives. We may not understand His ways but we can never doubt that He is looking out for us. We trust Him with our souls then we need to learn to trust Him with our day to day issues. Surely if he can handle the really big and important stuff He can handle me needing a job or He knows whats happening if my car breaks down.

He designed this world, nothing happened or happens that He does not know of. So I have to trust that He knows the next step in my journey. He saved me for a reason. He knows the reason I don't. So I have to lean on HIM and trust in Him the God of all creation, of heaven and hell. He never said it would be easy but He did say we would never be alone. So as I work my way through this faith issue ,and it is not an easy one, I can only pray that He gives me the understanding to wait on Him because if I try to do it without Him it definitely isn't right.

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