Monday, March 17, 2014

TRIGGER

What do you think it would take to amaze Jesus?  Pretty tough to do, wouldn't you imagine?  He created the universe after all.

So was there anything that impressed Him to the point where He said: 'Woah!  That's really something.  Didn't see that coming?'

All through the Gospels He's never astounded by anybody's holiness.  He isn't impressed with anyone's wisdom or knowledge.  He didn't once say: 'Boy, that Matthew ... such a smart dude.  I really chose a genius there.'

It seems Jesus was amazed by only one thing ...

When a Roman centurion came asking for his servant to be healed from a distance, Jesus said He would go to Him.  But the centurion answered:  'No Lord, just speak the word and I know it will be done.'

'Faith is the one thing in our spiritual walk that we can never allow to be shaken.'

It says Jesus was amazed at his faith.

On the opposite side, when Jesus went back to His hometown of Nazareth we're told He couldn't do any miracles there except lay His hands on a few sick people and heal them.  Then it says He was amazed at their lack of faith.

Faith is the trigger that releases God's divine power.  Faith is the one thing in our spiritual walk that we can never allow to be shaken.

In our day the whole idea of faith has degenerated into an emphasis on saying certain words, not saying certain words, giving a positive confession, or announcing an over-confident description of a desired blessing.  If you admit you're sick or in trouble, you're supposedly not walking in faith.  It all becomes a complicated formula of how the Bible should 'work' for you.

That's an obscene interpretation of the Gospel and it leads to gross absurdities.

The Bible doesn't 'work.'  God works.

And be blessed.

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