Today Is Your Best Day Because of Faith: Walk by Faith

Hi Folks,

I hope you had a super weekend and a good start to your week!

We are going to be continue our series "Today is Your Best Day."   The topic for today is that who have trusted Jesus ("the just" as they are referred to in this devot.) should walk by faith.

 

 

Scripture says that we "walk by faith, not by sight" (2 Corinthians 5:7).    At least we are supposed to.

When we walk by our sight-what we can see in front of us, can touch, map out for ourselves, we only see through the lense of our own human perspective, and how much we miss when we do that.

 

When we walk by faith, it first of all increases our trust in God.  Secondly,  He has a different viewpoint than we do, a Heavenly one.   His eyesight takes in the past, present and future. 

 

Isaiah 55:8-9 says of God, "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.  For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."

 

We cannot see as God sees, so we need Someone to be or guide, light our way. "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."  Psalm 119:105

 

 When we do this (walk by faith, allow God to be our guide), we can come to see all the wonderful things God sees.  We come to see life through His perspective.  Now, sometimes God allows us to see things on this side of eternity and sometimes not until Heaven.   But like I said last week,  if we would look around us and intently look for God at work, His blessings in our day, we would indeed see it.

 

Walking with God by faith is an adventure!     What is the fun of mapping out your life, planning every day down the second when God wants you to hand the reins of your life over to Him and let Him write your story, show you the plans He has dreamed of for your life?   Proverbs 16:9 says, "A man's heart deviseth (plans) his way: but the LORD directeth his steps."

 

 Does this mean we don't plan by saving money for an emergency or retirement, going to the doctors to make sure we stay well?   No, that is not what I mean at all.

Luke 14:28-30 speaks of planning ahead, "For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?  Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,  Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish."

 

What I am staying is that life with Jesus is supposed to be an adventure of faith-not necessary knowing what is ahead but trusting that God's will will be accomplished in our lives because He has promised it (Psalm 138:8), that all things work together for good to those who love God (Roman 8:28), that beauty can come ou of the painful things (Ecclesiastes 3:11) and that He will guide our lives until the day we go home to be with Him  (Psalm 48:14, "For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.").

 

I pray that these thoughts from Scripture and the devot. below are a blessing from the Lord this week in your life.   Lord bless you and yours!

 

Devot. https://www.dayspring.com/daily-devotion/date/2018-08-08?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DaySpring%20Daily%20Devotion%202018-08-08&utm_term=DaySpring%20Daily%20Devotion   (Read and Share.   Taken from https://www.dayspring.com/daily-devotion)