Answered Faith

I know many times you've prayed for a particular thing or group of things, and I know that it seems like God is not listening. I know you've cried and been low at heart in your thoughts seeing as things seem not to be working out no matter how hard you try. I also know that there are times you just want to throw in that very white towel, but something holds you back each time you want to. I know your hope is not dwindling; if anything, it is increasing in earnest. I know the feeling of living in desert lands for a season, looking for a source of water but finding none. I know your dilemma ...

Life, as I've said many times, throws the meanest of curve balls at every and anyone. It is up to you to do the impossible and not miss batting such 'impossible' throws. The good news is that, if you're a child of God you have His resources at your disposal to help you out - you're not alone. The full force of heaven backs you in all you do (as long as it conforms to God's Word), and trust me, having just one Angel on your team is more than enough to solve any problem, how much more having the backing of the full heavenly force?

When there is a need unmet, or rather, yet to be met, the owner of said need is naturally restless till it is met. On the other hand The God who created all things said in His Word;

"Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth

what things ye have need of, before ye ask him." - Matthew

6:8 (KJV)

"30. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which

to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not

much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

31. Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or,

What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

32. (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your

heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these

things.

33. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his

righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

34. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow

shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the

day is the evil thereof." - Matthew 6:30-34 (KJV)

You see, thing is, He knows everything, and before you even think of asking for some need He knows what's coming. Now, that to me is the most comforting thing. Well... after salvation, that is. He also says in Matthew 7:7 that when you ask you will be given. As if to let it sink deep into our hearts (where faith, hope, and belief originate) He also says; "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." - Isaiah 55:11 (KJV). So, The One True God says He knows all your needs even before you ask for them, that you should go ahead and ask for them, that He will answer, and that His word doesn't fail ever! What else do you need in order to believe that He can solve any problem... the only catch being He answering in His own time according to His will? Well, that and you switching focus to seeking first The Kingdom of God? Or are you simply a doubting Thomas kind of person, where seeing and feeling leads to believing? Well... this is what I have to say to that; "Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: BLESSED ARE THEY THAT HAVE NOT SEEN, AND YET HAVE BELIEVED." - John 20:29 (KJV)

To have a testimony, and a really beautiful one at that, to bring glory to God, you must need endure some hardships. Even ones that make it seem like God have abandoned you because those in particular are the ones that bring Him the most glory. Without a test, how would a student know whether he understood what was taught? Without a test, how would anything be proven to be true? Without unwelcome situations that allow God to show Himself mighty, how would men believe on Him, let alone bring Him glory? The faith a person holds in God alone is enough of a testimony to the public that's constantly observing for a make-or-break outcome in the one's life. This is because when that faith is answered (and, trust me... it will be), men are made to marvel and then all glory is aptly directed to God ward.

Jesus, The Head of The Church, said in that anyone who has faith the size of a mustard seed can move mountains! Now, I don't know if you who's reading this knows the size of a mustard seed, but it is EXTREMELY tiny! I did a little research to help us have an idea about the mustard seed. I found that it is usually about 1 to 2 millimetres in diameter, and not the smallest seed though one of the smallest. In Israel, there are different kinds of mustard trees, and it was the smallest of all the seeds known and used by those there. Also, notice that Jesus said that when it is full-grown it is larger than the garden plants and becomes a tree so that the birds nest in it. This is significant to understand because if such a tiny thing can grow into something that big, it definitely parallels with the fact that Jesus made that having that size of faith can move mountains.

Faith is ALWAYS rewarded with answers. Doubt is the hindrance. God does not work with doubt. A person that holds on to the very end will smile at that end.

~ yoyo

~ inspiredw0rdz

~ May 23, 2016 ; 12 : 31 pm