You of Little Faith

 God is continually stretching, growing, and testing my faith. Sometimes the trials are easy. Other times, they require serious prayerful seeking for help. Sadly, there are times when I need faith the most I find my faith lacking. I am at times one with little faith. I hate that fact. I want to be a man of great and consistent faith. 

To be a person of great faith I must endure great trials. I have for three decades. About the time I think I have it all down, or I try to convince the Father that I need a break, a respite from the testing, the next faith examination surfaces. Right now I am enduring five tests that keep me asking, seeking and knocking. 

In my younger years, my faith rose and fell based on the tests. When God came through in some powerful fashion, my faith would soar. When the next trial came I would doubt and spiral downward. I am more consistent in my faith now, but I have grown accustomed to prayers not being answered. I cannot say I always ask God fervently. I pray, but I know there are times when those prayers are not fueled with faith. I am just mouthing words. 

In my current trials, I have determined not to stress, not to cower in doubt or anxiety, and most importantly not to doubt God. Just today, He spoke to me twice from His words reassuring me that He knows the trials and already has it all worked out. I just can't see it yet. If my faith was in my abilities, I would have little hope. Because my faith is in God, I have all the hope imaginable. Nothing is impossible with Him. He can move any mountain, open any door, provide any need, heal any disease, cure any ailment, reveal the path of His will, save any lost person, renew any dead congregation, reconcile any relationship, and thousands of other things just like them. 

Based on God's track record of faithfulness in the Bible and in my own life, I should not be a man of little faith. I must be a man of big faith, growing faith,  and gigantic faith. He has earned the right to be trusted. No matter what I face. He is bigger and better than all of it. He is the greatest force in the universe and He is my ally. I do not have to pass my tests in my ability. I rely on Him and His strength. I wait for Him to flex His divine muscle and do the very things I need Him to do. Then, the fun begins. I get to brag on Him. I get watch people listen to testimonies of His faithfulness in disbelief. 

I embrace the path of faith. I welcome the trials as an opportunity to watch God do something amazing again. I welcome the chance to have an enlarged platform to testify of His enduring faithfulness again and again and again. Maybe when He does come through for me and I get to tell the story, it will encourage someone else with little faith to trust Him more. He even told us a little faith could move mountains. Our faith must be smaller than little faith. May He increase our belief and cast away our unbelief. We will wait and see what happens next.