Ask yourself the following question... "Do I trust God?" All the more important, what does it mean to you to put your trust in God? Many of of us believers, aka Christians, subconsciously struggle with this very thing. We become so "reliant" on the things of this world such as our friends we confide in, our occupations which sustain our livery, or our relationships (romantic or otherwise), which provide comfort and companionship, that we truly become more reliant upon them than we are upon God.
We serve a God who's very Words alone sustains us should we only have the faith to believe in what He said. It is written that... God shall supply all our needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. When God tells us in His Word that the enemy roams about the earth to and fro as a roaring lion, seeking whom he can devour, or that he comes to steal, kill and to destroy, then why is it that we don't realize that we're under spiritual attack, or that we refuse to acknowledge that we are when things are turned "upside-down" in our lives? However, God instructs us to have the confidence in Him, that thereby no weapon formed against us will prosper, and that through Christ, we are more than conquerors. In the text above, God instructs just as Jesus spake to the multitude in Matthew 6, not to worry about anything, but to pray about everything, all the while, being grateful for all that God has done, all that He has brought us to, through, and where He has brought us from. By faith, we've got to wholeheartedly give our all to God; to place our entire lives in His hands, to give our all to Him, our pasts, our troubles, trials, tribulations, disappointments, our tears and our fears; for He hasn't given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind... Therein we find peace; Gods peace in the midst of life's storms, praising Him through the pain, and glorifying Him when things are unclear to us, because we know without a shadow of a doubt that what He's said, He shall perform, complete it and perfect it until the coming of Christ. We're to stand firm, not allowing the enemy in, giving no place to the devil, not allowing him nor any demonic spirit of his, (i.e. confusion, depression, anger, lust, fear, lying, greed, adultery, infidelity, envy, vanity, etc.), to gain a foothold, arm hold, nor even to shake hands with them be it literally or metaphorically. We're to guard or hearts, guard our thoughts, be careful of that which we speak into and over our lives, for it is written, "Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat it's fruit." - Proverbs 18:21. It's time for a true reality check, a faith-check to determine where we stand in God, where our faith really lies; in the things of this world which will all pass away, or remain here after we're gone, or in the true and living God, whom cannot lie, cannot sin, and cannot fail. Here's a simple statement I heard just last night that may induce some self reflection... "Those who move in doubt do without."
Where is your faith?
