My God is big enough. I serve the mighty God of Moses. The God in whom Caleb believed in wholeheartedly. As I reread the story of the spies coming back from the promised land, I was struck with the testimony God himself gave of Caleb. God said, "my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly". Oh to hear my God say this about my faith.
I want to follow Him...especially when there are giants in the land. When all the odds seem insurmountable. I want to have the faith in my God to realize that he is bigger. Bigger than giants who loom over us, bigger than those who are with me who say it can't be done.
Faith. It's a funny thing. If you only believe in things you see and can hold, you have no faith. Recently a preacher asked who believed he held a $100 cash in his fist, few believed. He opened his hand and showed us the money. He then asked, who believes now? Of course everyone did. But seeing the money and believing does not constitute faith...it is seeing. I do not have faith in things I see; I have sight.
God has worked so much in our past and we believe Him. We see how mightily God has worked in our midst. But this is the money in the fist. This is sight. It is cause to grow and be thankful. However, faith is in those things God has not yet done; the things we can see no answer to. God holds the keys. If we focus on Him and building His Kingdom, as we were commanded, He is faithful and He will give in accordance to His will. When we are living faithfully in Him, we can ask for anything and He will give it. We can relax and know that God is in control and he does not need me to manage Him. He just needs me to faithfully share His Kingdom.
Faith. Jesus rebuked his most faithful followers again and again for their lack of faith. Sometimes, I think he must look at us and do the same. "Oh you of little faith", "When will you believe?"...I pray that my God does not whisper these words over me. I pray that as I fall face down in worship to Him, that he will help me in my unbelief (Mk 9:24), that He will remind me that "all things are possible for him who believes" and that He will look at me and say, "this one has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly".
