Your life and how you conduct yourself both hinge on whether or not you believe God. Abraham in the Bible did all God asked him to do because he wholeheatedly trusted God. Trust is a huge thing for all of us. We have to make a step of faith to trust when we adopt , our adopted children have to learn to trust us and even our bio. children have learned to trust us. For some of us trust is easier to do than some... maybe because of some things that have happened in our life before, maybe our personalities are more rebellious and we need to question, taste and live it more before we can trust... either way our life and how we walk it really does depend on this ... believe God or not.
I think that one of the reasons I love children is their ability to trust more easily than adults... they are guilable ( in a good way that does not hinder their faith) , you ask them to come with you and they usually follow ( instead of adding up the costs or what will be in it for them). They show us the way to the purest form of faith ... believe, follow and walk.
People are still encouraged by Abraham's story today-because of his great faith and how God blessed him and the world through it.
Every day we have the same choice as Abraham- believe God and do as He says or not. You can make an extraordinary difference in the world if you will step out in faith. We all have areas or issues that we have to trust in Him... to provide for another adoption, for our travel home or there, for a document, for an authority to sign a paper or make a decision in our adoption walks. To see us thru the valley of the shadows that pass across our lives here ... be it a health issue, a wayward child, a marriage or relationship that is struggling in ALL the areas of our lives we have to trust what God says in His word...the Bible. I will never leave you or forsake you-Joshua 1:5. Either He means it or it is a lie.. I choose to believe. I choose to step out in my faith and do even more.... my husband and I do desire to adopt more children... our hearts feel the Lord moving strongly to encourage others by our walk and to speak for and be the voice for a child who no one cares for or could not love easily....
I burn to let others feel my joy, my pure contentment at watching a child overcome, see them discover love... a love greater than even I can love them... to watch them choose also to have a faith in Jesus Christ and then to hopefully watch as they walk their own walks and make their faith REAL to others....
Abraham's faith and deeds worked together. He proved that his faith was real by what he did. James 2:22
Is there something the Lord is calling you to do, to address to move on ?... Are you going to believe or not? It is as simple as a child taking His hand and walking with Him to the next journey that He has called you to....
2 comments:
Thanks so much for those encouraging words! It really is that simple.
I like how you said, trust, follow, walk.
I strongly believe the successes we have with our kids are rooted in the spiritual awakening of their lives.
Trusting Christ and coming alive in the Spirit, makes all the difference in overcoming life's trials.
oops, that was Christie. :)
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