Mark 2:5 "When Jesus saw their Faith"
Mark 5:34 "Your Faith has healed you"
Observation
It seems pretty clear that Faith is a Big deal or even THE WHOLE deal when Jesus takes a look at me. In these two cases Jesus SAW the person's Faith, and the VISIBLE Faith moved Jesus. So it makes me wonder if I have the kind of Faith the Jesus sees? Like Jesus said in a parable, is my Faith hidden under the bed? Or is it on the stand for all to see? Do I live by Faith, or is it just something I may fall back on when "I" need it.
Application
So I want Jesus to see my Faith, how is that going to happen? I am reminded of a verse in 2 Corinthians 5:7 "For we live by faith, not by sight". This life will show me many things, just like a football team showing different defenses all the time and then they switch to something different when the ball is snapped, so the enemy who wants to destroy me will try to make something look different than it really is...so that means I can't trust "my sight". I need to live by faith. How do I do that? In Hebrews 11:1 it says "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen". So I will have faith and even more faith when I believe in things I can't see, yet I see believe that they will change. It is kind of a paradox, that I want my Faith to been seen by Jesus so I have to have the faith to change things that can't been seen. The bible also says to pray without ceasing....that is to more connected to our Heavenly Father than to the world. So if I pray without ceasing, read the love letter(the bible) that God has sent me to guide me and instruct me, have faith to change things that can't been seen, THEN my Faith will be seen.
Prayer
Father, I want to have the kind of Faith that you and Jesus can see. I open my soul up, so it can be infused with your word, and then Do What It Says(James 1:22). You are moved by Faith, Faith in Action not hidden, so help me display Faith so it will be seen by all so you will be glorified.
Application
So I want Jesus to see my Faith, how is that going to happen? I am reminded of a verse in 2 Corinthians 5:7 "For we live by faith, not by sight". This life will show me many things, just like a football team showing different defenses all the time and then they switch to something different when the ball is snapped, so the enemy who wants to destroy me will try to make something look different than it really is...so that means I can't trust "my sight". I need to live by faith. How do I do that? In Hebrews 11:1 it says "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen". So I will have faith and even more faith when I believe in things I can't see, yet I see believe that they will change. It is kind of a paradox, that I want my Faith to been seen by Jesus so I have to have the faith to change things that can't been seen. The bible also says to pray without ceasing....that is to more connected to our Heavenly Father than to the world. So if I pray without ceasing, read the love letter(the bible) that God has sent me to guide me and instruct me, have faith to change things that can't been seen, THEN my Faith will be seen.
Prayer
Father, I want to have the kind of Faith that you and Jesus can see. I open my soul up, so it can be infused with your word, and then Do What It Says(James 1:22). You are moved by Faith, Faith in Action not hidden, so help me display Faith so it will be seen by all so you will be glorified.
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