Let Freedom (and faith) Ring!

"Jesus could not do many miracles there, except lay His hands on a few sick people and heal them. And He was amazed at their lack of faith." -- Mark 6:5-6a

When I was single I once had lunch with a man who asked, "Do you believe it is God's will for you to be married someday?" I certainly felt it was God's will and answered in the affirmative. His reply, "In that case begin praying in faith, believing that God is even now bringing you to your wife and your wife to you." Eureka, what a wonderful change in my life was born on that day!

We are so often tempted to think in frightened, indecisive and negative ways. Such thinking can easily make it into our prayer life and rob us of faith! Why not believe and have faith for what God has allowed to (currently) be the desire of our heart? At worst, so to speak, God will make these desires a reality and at best He will change our desires to better fit His plans for us. What we currently believe to be God's will should be our firm foundation of faith! That said, we should certainly be continually submitted to Christ and willing for Him to change the desires of our heart! After all, Christ is the Lord of our life! We belong to Him! We should pray for Christ to change our heart at any point where we are not aligned with His perfect will for our life.

What do you currently believe to be God's will for your family, job, ministry or relationships? Trust God, have faith and believe God is either in the process of making your desires a reality or is in the process of changing your desires altogether! Such faith in Christ can bring incredible freedom as we let go of the temptation to continually doubt, question and deny the desires God has allowed to be written on our heart submitted to Him.

James