What is your Faith in?

"Whatever you're doing inside of me
It feels like chaos somehow there's peace
It's hard to surrender to what I can't see
but I'm giving in to something heavenly
Time for a milestone
Time to begin again
Revaluate who I really am
Am I doing everything to follow your will
or just climbing aimlessly over these hills
So show me what it is you want from me
I give everything I surrender...To..."

-Sanctus Reel
"Whatever you’re doing”


I find that my prayer is often to be removed from the situation, for God to bring new opportunity and to save me from the frustration and negativity that I face. This morning I was convicted to change the way I pray, to refocus my concept of purpose, and to change my perspective on faith.

If God removed Moses, David, Ruth, Abraham, and Joseph from the circumstances that brought them anxiety, frustration, and pain we would not have witnessed the power, control, and purpose God has for our lives and His kingdom.

Our prayer should be for God to provide us the strength and the courage and the confidence to stand tall in times of trial and in times of animosity. Our purpose here on earth is to be witnesses, to be examples of faith and it is only in times of uncertainty when our strength is not enough that God can truly reveal His power and His purpose in this life. We should not run from adversity or be timid in crisis—these are moments of Faith, these are reflections of our Christian character, these are the moments that define who we believe God to be.

If we have a life always running from pain, then we will have a life that lacks purpose. The Bible says, “In this world you will have trouble, but take heart, I have overcome the world,” John 16:33.

We are guaranteed pain, heartache, confusion, and frustration, but we are also promised peace if we take heart and if we have faith in the promises of God. It sometimes seems to simple to be true but the truth is that we are the ones that complicate faith.

God says “I am” but more often we focus on “I’m not.”
Is your faith in what God can do or in what you can not do?