I have payed for you...that your faith may not fail. Luke 22:32

Read this as one of my devotionals, just thought I'd share it. I have, of late, been thinking a lot about my faith & wondering just how much faith I really have. When things are hard where do I turn? How do I respond? Do I try to take things into my own hands? Do I blame others for what is going on around me? Or do I respond (react) in faith, knowing that because God always wants whats best for me does not mean I will live a life of ease...If life were always easy & the seas always calm, I would soon forget to look to Him & instead rely on myself. I am not saying it's easy, and I fail often, but I am learning & growing! How about you!?
K~

    Remember to take good care of your faith. For faith is the only way to obtain Go's blessings. Prayer alone cannot bring answers down from His throne, because it is the earnest prayer of one who believes that leads to answers.

   Faith is the communication link between heaven and earth, it is on this link of faith that God's messages of love travel so quickly that even before we ask, He answers. And while we are still speaking . "He hears us" (1 John 5:14) So when the connection of faith is broken, how will we obtain His promises?

   Am I in trouble? I can receive help by expressing faith. Am I being battered by the enemy? My soul will find refuge by leaning in faith upon God. But without faith I call to Him in vain, for faith is the only road between my soul and heaven, if the road is blocked, how can I communicate with the great King?

   Faith links me to Holy God and clothes me with the power of Jehovah. Faith insures me that each of His attributes will be used in my defense, helping me to defy the hosts of hell. It  causes me to march triumphantly over the necks of my enemies. So without faith, how can I receive anything from the Lord?

  Therefore, O Christian, carefully watch your faith. "Everything is possible for him who believes" 

(Mark 9:23)

Charles H. Spurgeon