01 Jan Facts of Unstoppable Faith
The wonderful facts of Christianity raise us from nobody to somebody, from simple to wise, and from weak to courageous. These unmatched facts become living realities in a person when they hear and choose to believe them.
What makes us like God and not robots is our ability to choose. We can choose to see wonderful days ahead. We can choose to expect good favor coming our way. We can choose to anticipate everything lining up in our life as we rejoice in our maker. The alternative is to live in fear. We can choose to fear that the economy is going down and plan to go down with it. We can choose to fear the doctor’s report of cancer, heart disease or a thousand other diagnoses as the final word. We can choose to fear tomorrow and plan on holding rather then spreading our wings of faith and say that everything is working out.
The facts of our faith put us in the realm of God. Jesus said: “If you believe all things are possible to those who believe.” God has given us the sacred right of choice concerning our future and He has given us the wonderful power of faith to make our choice a reality. All people exercise faith everyday. They drive by faith expecting the wheels to stay on. They sit on chairs by faith that the nails will hold (though after several chairs broke under me in Russia I began to lose my confidence in chairs). They eat food prepared by others in faith that it is not poisoned by a crazy chef. All Government relies on the faith of its citizens to print money.
It is not strange to preach and practice our faith in a word from God that cannot fail. This is not a religion backing up our words, this is a resurrected man who has the ability to back up what He said, and He will stand behind His word.
He told His disciples to go into all the world and preach this good news, then scripture says that He went with them and confirmed their words with signs following. He confirmed their words because their words were in agreement with His words. They had their facts right and they were unbeatable!
Kevin