Believe
When we look on a paper and see the positive results of a hospital test, we believe we have whatever disease the tests proclaimed. Should we receive a financial statement from our bank stating we have or do not have a certain amount in our account, we believe that amount of money is available ours. Even if our children say they will do better in school or our spouse says they love us we believe because of their actions. We believe because we see...but that is not faith. The very basis of faith centers on what we can not see but accept as truth. Far too often our humanity takes over and what we see becomes what we believe rather than what we believe given legs and becoming what we see. We become even more challenged when what we see and what we believe do not line up. We know God's promises and His word but we see the hell tearing our lives apart. The instinct is to lean to what we see before we lean toward what we believe. Consider this a reminder that truly hit this messenger first. Remember what you believe. If you are seriously a visual person who needs to see it, then open your word. You will see the instant miracles, the everlasting grace and protection, the many promises, and more that if were performed once, can indeed be performed again for you. Ask enough saints to testify and you will see the present day results. You will see an unemployed person that should have been evicted by now but God has continually provided. If you take the time to look you will see someone leaving a doctor's office who once saw the positive test results themselves but stand completely and unexplainably healed. If you open your eyes and perhaps even look in the mirror, you will see the living testimony of the one who was tore up and whose life was hopeless but while knowing others who lost it, overdosed, and gave up, their mind is still intact, their strength renewed, and their hope restored. Believe again. Remember what you profess to believe under the banner of "Christian" and choose to speak, walk, and live that so others can see and believe too.
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