LITTLE FAITH

By Rick Mathes

Matthew 8:26 And He said to them, “Why are you timid, you men of little faith?” Then He arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and it became perfectly calm.

God never had a bad day. If you are having a bad day it is because you are into “I, me and mine” instead of “He, Him, and His.” You are looking outward instead of upward. Not is the time to ask you, “Have I been born again?” I don’t mean patched-up in good works but completely replaced of the old with the new. Do you see as He sees and hear that which is pleasing to Him? Do you have the mid of Christ and do your works express those thoughts that are filtered through His new heart beating in your chest? Are your hands going about His business and have you planted your feet on holy ground? Lastly, are you honoring your body as the temple and home of the Triune God?

In other words, in whom do you trust? Or are you still shaking in anxiety and artificial uneasiness! Go about His work, let others have the credit and you will know the humility that must open your eyes to those you keep company with.

The old adage, “birds of a feather flock together” is as true today as it was a hundred years ago. I consider it more like metal being attracted to a magnet when Christians irresistibly come together for corporate worship. We can’t stop the body parts from assembling inot the body so to speak.

The dry bones shout “Hallelujah!” When the Word is flowing through your veins like fire and you can’t shut up, your words will display who your heart belongs to: you or Him. When Satan owns your heart he controls your tongue and your speech betrays who your Lord is.

As this process unfolds over three score and ten what I have attained, each year that follows will display a bonus I don’t deserve and a Holy Ghost faith in Christ that has sustained me to this moment. The witnesses, the Word are in my life one step at a time. My faith grows and I establish myself on fertile soil and in the fellowship of believers. My master sustains me and His faith has found a home in my heart. How about you?