October 19, 2014
Faith is having confidence that no matter what might
be happening around, all will be well. Many unconsciously practice this
wonderful principle of living by faith but when it is time to consciously live
by it, fear sets in. If I may ask, have you ever bothered to check the four
legs of the chair you always sit on in church if it is always complete? Maybe not,
‘cos in most cases, we believe that the ushers would have done the check.
However, the scripture has made it clear to us that
one of the characteristics of a just person is living by faith. In Mark 10,
when blind Bartimaeus was asked by Jesus to come after persistent cries, and
Jesus asked what he wanted. The blind man said he wanted his sight restored.
The disciples could still remember how Jesus restored the sight of another
blind man in Mark 8 and would have been expecting something similar but Jesus
told Bartimaeus, “Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole.” Immediately the
blind man went his way, he received his sight.
When Jesus told one of his people to go to the sea
and that there would be money in the mouth of the first fish that is caught for
them to pay tax, if the guy had decided to reason it out, he might not have
gone because come to think of it, there was nothing that said it was a fish
that would first come up (it could be a crocodile or a snake), and even if it was
a fish, how would money get it into the mouth of that fish without the fish
dying? But the guy knew that the person saying go, has the whole world in His
hands and could do anything, so He went and so it happened.
Sir, living by faith most times makes you look
foolish and insane, but listen to me, the reward and testimony generated turns
you to a celebrity.
Remain blessed.
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