faith

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This is an unplanned post so I'm just typing whatever I'm thinking

So my question that came to my mind just now was, " Why are you still worrying when on the other hand, you have already prayed and said that you have committed it to God? "

I'm not saying that it's wrong to worry about your problems, but isn't it kinda ironic when you already prayed about it, and now you're still worrying whether God will answer your prayer or not. And one key thing in this is, Faith.

Matthew 21:21, "Jesus replied, "Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and it will be done." 

So here comes the next question, what exactly is this word, "Faith"?

We often hear people saying, you got to have faith when you pray, you got to have faith in this, in that, etc. And true enough, being able to have faith is really not an easy thing to achieve. We can say that we have faith, but somewhere deep down in our hearts, we will have this tiny lil thing that's called, "doubt". Till now, even I still struggle with having faith sometimes. And worse, there are times where by you do things, you do it to your best, you have faith that God will do the rest, but the results you get are way further from what you expected to get. Right?

Here's what I realised. By doing your best and committing all to God doesn't mean you have to get the results that you desire. At the end of the day, the results that you expect are YOUR WAY. But shouldn't we do things according to GOD'S WAY?

Precisely. When you change your perspective and put on God's lenses, you'll realise that all these that are happening is according to God's way. God didn't promise that we will always have good and up there results, God didn't promise that when we give our best, we won't fall. But God did promise us that He'll bring us through thick and thin, ups and downs, it's just a matter of whether you're sensitive to His presence or not.

I was reminded of this story yesterday during NP unit meet. The desert story.
When things are going according to your way, and you're really happy and joyful, on the sand, you'll see 2 pairs of footprints. One's yours, the other, God's.
But at times when you are facing troubles and obstacles, you start to only see 1 pair of footprints. And to you, you may be thinking 'Oh, so now God's not walking by my side. He doesn't love me anymore. He gave me all these things to go through even though He is suppose to love me"
Well well, that 1 pair of footprint doesn't belong to you. It belongs to God. God is carrying you through on his back (or even hand), walking through the troubles that you are facing.

I know that all these words are easy to be said(or in this case, typed out), but why not let's start living a life of Faith together? I'm still trying. So should you. :-)

 Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see."