Where is your Faith?

There have been many times in my life where I proposed to set up my “Plan B” or “Backup Plan” when things didn’t go as planned.  Sometimes, I would pray first, but other times I would just move forward “Bull in China Shop”-Style!  This would have good and not so good results.  The bible has many instances of following God’s will versus ours.  One in particular is the Widow and her son who had enough food left for one meal.  It was the plan of the Widow to make the last loaf of bread and then she and her son would eventually die of starvation.  It was her final plan—she had run out of other resources, or so she thought.  As she was gathering the last ingredients for their last meal, she met up with the Prophet Elisha, who had been told earlier by God that he would be fed by a Widow woman and for him to go…yeah, just GO.  God gave him the path, but not the actual city or name of the woman.

When he encountered the Widow woman, he did not know she was in the process of preparing to fix what they believed to be their last meal, until he asked her to fix him some food.  Now, as a mother, it is my first thought to care for my children and I can become pretty defiant in defense of them!  I would assume that this mother was no different.  However, when Elisha asked her for some food, she did state that it was to be their last meal, but that she would make the meal for him.

We often are faced with insurmountable odds—at least, that’s what we think they are.  Sometimes, these instances are just opportunities for God to develop and increase our faith.  Circumstances that seem impossible to overcome are just hiccups to God and with time, allow us to increase our faith.  As we know, when the Widow made the meal for Elisha, God provided that from that point, her grain container would never empty!!  How many opportunities have we had fizzle because we didn’t have enough faith to see them through?  How many blessings have been lost because we thought the task was too hard because we couldn’t see past the task?

Check your faith.  If you are in a difficult space in life and you have no answer to fix it, give it to God.  Then open your mind to receive what God has for you.  He wants to bring you through it—you only need to hold to your faith, trust and believe, then WALK IN IT.  It may not make sense to you, but remember God’s ways are NOT our ways, so it’s okay.  Walk in your faith.  I promise you’ll never be the same.

ONWARD!!