Tuesday September 1st
When our faith waivers James 1:1-8
Faith is the heart of our Christian Life. It is the means by which we are saved, receive forgiveness for our sins, enjoy a personal relationship with the Lord, and have the Assurance of our salvation. By faith, We experience the peace of God in the power of the holy spirit in our lives. The Bible also tells us that praying in confident trust "avails much" (James 5:16). Yet our lives and especially our prayers tend to be characterized by doubt and wavering faith.
Our faith waivers when...
We apply human thinking to our circumstances. Sometimes God is going to require us to do something with which human reasoning disagrees (Isa.55:9).
We allow our feelings to overcome our faith. It could be a sense of unworthiness or inadequacy that trips us up. Fear of criticism or failure might cause us to doubt we can do what the lord asks.
We have guilt over sin, past or present. We cannot operate with strong faith and we are under conviction of sin or dwelling on guilt over past from wrongdoing.
We fail to see God at work in our circumstances. Doubts creep in when we have asked him to take action but nothing appears to be happening.
We listen to the enemy's lies. Satan is the father of lies, and his objective is to have us reject God's truth and believe his deception instead.
Faith is defined as the "Assurance of things hoped for the conviction of things not seen"(Heb.11:1). what is the condition of your faith?Do confidence and conviction describe you?
Bible in one year: Ezekiel 17-19
Side note: These daily devotions are out of the In Touch Magazines. I do Not Own this content.
