WILL GOD PROVIDE?
Everyone has faith. While canvassing a neighborhood I met a Nara. She lived in a trailer and would only talk to me through the screen. Nara suffered from Agoraphobia, which literally means fear of the market place, but more generally means fear of everything. As I tried to be a good neighbor, Nara opened up, sharing a few details of her life. Although she was this shadowy figure seen through a thick screen, I shared my concern about her ability to get something to eat. She told me that she went to a twenty-four hour supermarket once a month at three o’clock in the morning.
Even Nara had faith. Nara was able to pinpoint exactly in what she had faith. For her, exposure to the outside world was always a life and death decision. It is the same for everyone. What you truly have faith in is only revealed under extreme pressure. At these moments your passion is revealed. I define passion through the lens of Christ. Passion is what you are willing to “live and die for.” I do not believe a person can claim integrity unless they have identified their passion. Unfortunately, the person without passion is a person who will never know the true potential of their life.
Abraham defined his passion in this way: Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together. But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together. Genesis 22: 6-8
Am I willing to live and die for the statement, “I believe God will provide?” If not, what statement would be your substitute for that principle of life and death. The proper answer to that question will influence every thought, word, and deed of life.
Even Nara had faith. Nara was able to pinpoint exactly in what she had faith. For her, exposure to the outside world was always a life and death decision. It is the same for everyone. What you truly have faith in is only revealed under extreme pressure. At these moments your passion is revealed. I define passion through the lens of Christ. Passion is what you are willing to “live and die for.” I do not believe a person can claim integrity unless they have identified their passion. Unfortunately, the person without passion is a person who will never know the true potential of their life.
Abraham defined his passion in this way: Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together. But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together. Genesis 22: 6-8
Am I willing to live and die for the statement, “I believe God will provide?” If not, what statement would be your substitute for that principle of life and death. The proper answer to that question will influence every thought, word, and deed of life.
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