Lack of Faith

So often we lack faith. God calls us to do something, and many times we tell Him we can't do it. Isnt that silly? If God CREATED us, why would we then tell Him we can't do something ... look at what God has done already! It doesnt even make sense that He'd ask us to do something if we really couldn't. If He MADE us, can't He supply us the power to do what He wants us to?
I often think of Daniel in the Lions Den and how amazing it must have been to be down there and actually live through that. I think I view it as a fairy-tale type story, something that happened so long ago that it didnt really happen. But it did. Daniel had faith, and God really did shut the lions' mouths! Then I think about the parting of the Red Sea - can you imagine if that was on the news tomorrow night as something that happened. The whole world would come to a hault in utter amazement. I have access to the God that made that happen, and yet I think He can't take care of my problems or needs, and when He makes it clear I am supposed to move certain directions in my life, I think I can't do it or that if I do, I will be unhappy. How silly! I love Hebrews 11 - have you ever really just sat and read that chapter and THOUGHT about it? When I was trying to discern if the Lord really did want me to go to grad school, I was so uncertain. I don't think I have ever been so unsure of a decision, so I went up to the lake and sat on top of a hill with my Bible and just prayed and asked God to show me a verse, and I opened my Bible and fell upon Hebrews 11. How amazing - I have read it so many times in the past and it was just words, I didnt let them sink in. Look how many amazing things happened just because some people had faith. Wow! I love the verse that says Noah moved with fear. It wasnt that he was this perfect human so unlike us... he was just like us, but had faith and respect in God, and look at what he did. Yeah, he was afraid, but he still moved. I wish I could have that kind of impact on the world, to make such a difference for Christ. Whos to say we can't accomplish something world-changing for Christ, not that the goal is to be famous, but the goal is to glorify God in a big big way....and the way you do that is through faith! I love to look at the stars (which is kind of hard where I live now - city lights argh! Plus the fear of being shot or something, but thats another story)
Anyways, the stars. Our sun is a dwarf star - one of the smallest. So think of how far away the stars are for them to look so small to us, just a tiny dot of light that produces no heat that we can feel here on earth. wow.......God made that. Have you ever just sat and looked at them for a long time? Wow. He surely can handle my problems and give me the strength to do what He has asked me to. Why do I forget that He is that God when it comes to the practical everyday things of life?
Let's not forget who our God is and what He has done... He is the same God who shut the mouths of the lions, who parted the Red Sea, who turned Moses' rod to a serpent and then back again.... so trust Him!
3/5/06