Matthew 7-9; Proverbs 3
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“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own
understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your
paths.” (Proverbs 3:5)
Trust – firm believe in the reliability, truth, ability, or
strength of
Faith – complete ‘trust’ or confidence in someone or something
Proverbs 3:5 is I guess you could say my “life verse.” It is always a go-to for me. It is a reminder to me to have faith in
Him every day no matter what.
Jesus talked a lot about faith. In Matthew chapter 8 it says Jesus was astonished at the
great faith of the centurion. The
centurion was a military officer who could give orders with the emperor’s
authority, and he realized that Jesus had the authority of God. When he asked Jesus to heal his
servant, Jesus said that He’d go and heal him, but the centurion had great
faith that if Jesus just said the words he would be healed.
Also in chapter 8 is an example of having little faith. The disciples (His followers and
friends who were with Jesus almost all the time) were with Jesus in a boat when
a storm came up. Jesus was
sleeping. “The disciples went and
woke him, saying, ‘Lord, save us!
We’re going to drown!’ He
replied, ‘You of little faith, why are you so afraid?’ Then he got up and
rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.” There are storms in life that are going
to come up that will cause us to be afraid, but our faith must conquer the
fear. Have faith that He’s not
going to let you drown; trust that He can calm the waves.
There are three verses embedded within another story in Matthew
chapter 9 that I just love. It is
when Jesus is walking through a crowd and a woman in the crowd says to herself,
“If I only touch his garment, I will be healed.” “Jesus turned and saw her.” (I love that part in itself – He
turned and saw her) “Take heart,
daughter,’ he said, ‘your faith has healed you.”
Then again in chapter 9 is one more example of faith. Two blind men call out for Jesus to
have mercy on them. Jesus asks
them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” Then He tells them, “According to your faith will it be done
to you.”
My prayer is that my faith would increase – that my fears would
not win, and that I would believe and expect His miracles. I am also praying that people would see
the miracles He does every day.
When Jesus was on earth people were literally watching Jesus perform
miracles right before their eyes. He
still does miracles today, but sometimes we don’t see them or give Him the
credit for them. I pray that He
would open our eyes to see His hand moving in our lives and we would have a firm
belief in His power and His goodness.
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