A Step of Faith

A Step of Faith

You know that something,

that you know you need to do, or should do,

but instead you spend your entire day

or sometimes an entire "insert period of time here"

telling yourself you don't need to do it,

or finding things to distract you,

to stuff it out of the forefront of your mind...

Yeah,

I know that something too.

Well I was busy stuffing things out of my mind the other day 

with a little thing I like to call

Pinterest.com

Ladies, If you haven't explored this yet,

You must!

It is too fun.

But anyway,

As I was busying myself with anything but that something I should've been thinking about,

I stumbled upon this quote here:

"You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage

to loose sight of the shore"

The author isn't listed,

but what a brilliant thought!

I sometimes find myself wondering why I'm not always experiencing 

these miraculous wonders and movements of God that

my friends always seem to be talking about.

This quote helped me to discover that usually, 

it isn't God's lack of power over my life that is preventing these experiences from happening,

but rather, it is my own un-willingness to embrace His divine power

and control over my life.

Unfortunately,

I find myself to be un-willing to let go of my comfortable life,

face the fact I have serious idols,

to make a decision that the Spirit is leading me to,

especially when it's difficult

due to fear, lack of faith,

you name it,

it is all relevant.

Instead, I would rather spend my time shoving out that little voice,

that is telling me to do things that I think sound silly,

or un-comfortable.

I didn't like thinking this way.

So, after I read that little quote,

I re-pinned it quickly,

(you Pinteresters know what I mean)

& then proceeded to close my laptop,

as well as my thought process on the matter once again.

However, as usual,

God wasn't finished with me yet.

Sunday.

Let me start by saying,

I LOVE my church.

I also love what the pastor at my church said this Sunday,

& now as I sit here sharing this with you all,

I also love what the Lord revealed to me through it.

I must confess, however, that I did experience momentary

aggravation

&

annoyance

that God would bring it up again.

=) Anybody else ever feel that?

I will do my best to paraphrase/ accurately portray my pastor's thought...

"Lack of Faith doesn't limit the power of God,

it limits our experience of the power of God"

WOW!

this is so true.

& it also answers my thought from earlier.

Why do all of my friends seem to have these stories

of God moving and challenging them

and I don't feel like I do a lot of the time?

Well, in short.

I lack the Faith to take a step in an un-comfortable direction

I lack the faith to then wait for God to do His thing

I often doubt that God can and will actually deliver.

I am a coward.

I desire to be comfortable

I love my idols.

& I am in denial that I have as many as I do.

WHEW.

I don't really feel like boring you all with the details of my decision / step of faith.

But I will say that,

I am so glad to have finally taken it.

I feel at peace with God.

I am joyful, when I expected to be miserable.

& I really want this to challenge you all to ask God

what it is that He is asking you to trust Him with,

that you aren't currently trusting Him with!

That is why I am sharing this with you!

Have a great day, & feel free to respond,

I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Oh yeah,

& check out the quote below!

-Ali