James 2:26

This scripture has been churning deep within my heart lately. As I am faced with more and more situations or rather, opportunities to increase in my faith or sometimes even put my faith back in God.

Lately my response is : "God! Why would you allow this to happen?" or "God, why did you let me go through that?"

His response: "For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also." -James 2:26

It's merely not enough to say "God I trust you" or "God I have faith to believe that you can..." He requires us to action that faith and often He will allow us to go through something to see if we can handle more.

When things seem to be going our way and we can believe by faith for things, it's all good. The distance between us and God is small beacause we are right on His heels trying to follow and catch everything He has for us. But, when things don't seem to go our way or they aren't necessarily what we would have expected/imagined, we allow our faith to waiver and the distance between us and God to increase. Allowing feelings, impatience, anger, bitterness and other things to take up residence in the gap.

When God moves it's likely to take you by surprise and not be EXACTLY how you envisaged it to happen. The key, put your faith in HIM and ACT. If He requires you to do something, DO IT!Cape Diem! {cease the day/moment} Step OUT of the boat! He knows EXACTLY how it needs to happen... He's the Master Planner. It may seem disappointing, like God is not in the situation or circumstance and sometimes present itself in a slightly different packaging to how you would have thought it would be. However, God is still God and HIS plan for your life is greater than you could ever ask, imagine or believe. For HIS glory!

Ephesians 3:20- Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.