Monday, September 21, 2015

Week 101: Faith Drills



                                     Faith Drills

   In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. Ephesians 3:12


• Salvation . . .
• Manifestations . . . 
• Defense . . .
               Remember fire drills when you were in school? Fire trucks rolling up, packed with the cutest firemen you would ever want to see? (Okay, ignore that last remark.)

 Anyway, those drills were given so we would have a sense of direction just in case of an actual fire. We knew which doors to exit from; we knew where to line up outside the school for safety. 

We have faith drills all the time. I call them drills because most of them are not intensive; yet, they sharpen our faith skills. These faith drills are important like those fire drills were. We don’t want to only use our faith in emergency situations. That’s not a good idea. 

We have to develop our faith all along the way in everything we do. And, we do that by learning to trust, lean, and depend on God while doing our everyday routines. This keeps Him in the forefront of our thoughts. The more we rely on Him as a real living Being, the more we are conscious of His presence.

Subsequently, when a true emergency comes, we aren’t calling on a God that is unfamiliar to us; but, we are calling on the God that we have a relationship with. Through this relationship, we have learned to know how faithful and loving He is. We have seen how much He cares, and is concerned about all that concerns us. We have personal knowledge of the Power that dwells within Him.

     How can we have faith in God if He’s unknown to us?

  When trouble comes, we can look to John 16:33. Jesus said, “In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”    
            
                 Faith Drills—Strengthens Faith so we can be of Good Cheer!  

 
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