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G. John White's first devotional Sold out for Jesus covers 12 vital themes of Christianity.
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June Topic: FAITH (for without faith it is impossible to please God) |
This month let's have a look at how we can please God and at the same time experience the dynamic power of God which will make our Christianity very exciting and totally contagious! |
Hebrews 11:2
WHAT IS SEEN WAS NOT MADE OUT OF WHAT WAS VISIBLE
How often I have heard it quoted that Jesus said, "Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost? ... For if he lays the foundation and is not able to complete it, everyone will ridicule him, saying this fellow began to build and was not able to finish."
The end result is usually that we don't do anything because "we haven't got it all". On the other hand Jesus went on to say, "In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple."
Faith is being sure and certain of what we do not see!
Every "faith" venture is sure of what cannot be seen - otherwise it is not "faith" but "sight". Yes, it is correct to "count the cost", but often God expects you to go ahead anyway - not so much in ignorance but in faith. Our verse today, suggests that God made the world and everything in it OUT OF NOTHING!
This chapter talks of people who "saw" the impossible, counted the cost and still went ahead. Yes, by all means count the cost - but don't use that as the basis for not going ahead, rather use it as the sure foundation from which "God can and must do the rest"!
The trouble these days is that we have "lost" the visionary faith in our churches and without vision the people are perishing. In your church don't leave "visionary faith" to missionaries and those in Para-church ministries. Get on your knees before God and ask Him for a vision and the faith to see it through whatever the cost.
I'm with the late Jamie Buckingham, who wrote "never attempt anything for God unless it is bound to fail, unless it is God's will". In other words, if it is not going to take faith for God to do something for it to happen, don't bother in the first place because then it will be just you and not God!
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