ADVENTURES IN FAITH

Shout to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the Lord with joy; come before Him with singing. Know that the Lord is God. He made us, and we belong to Him; we are His people, the sheep He tends.

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Come into His city with songs of thanksgiving and into His courtyards with songs of praise. Thank Him and praise His name.

The Lord is good. His love is forever, and His loyalty goes on and on. We have a lot of opportunities throughout life and throughout every day. We have the choice not only to take or refuse the opportunity but also to take or give credit for the opportunity. Our paths are paved with relationships. We have responsibility, but God gets the credit.

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Obedience is the responsibility; guidance and provision only comes from God. Let it filter through His fingers and will. Place one of your hands under a faucet and let water run over your palm. Try to hold as water as you can. Turn off the water. As you watch the remainder of the water run down the drain, commit to not wasting a single opportunity God gives you today. Opportunities slip too easily through our hands.

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There are different kinds of gifts, but they are all from the same Spirit. There are different ways to serve but the same Lord to serve. And there are different ways that God works through people but the same God. God works in all of us in everything we do.

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Something from the Spirit can be seen in each person, for the common good…Together you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of that body. At least, God intends for them to play an important part. They can choose not to fulfill that important part by pouting or getting defensive. Just as we can in the body of Christ. God gives spiritual gifts to each person who believes in Him. The problem is usually in discerning what our gifts are and how to use them. I may be gifted in advising others, but will I whole-heartedly want to always listen to people whine and complain?

All of our gifts work together, and each of us is essential to the fully-functioning body of Christ. God expects you to use your gifts for His glory. He gave you the gifts. He knows exactly where you fit. Let God settle you into your gifts as He settles His gifts into you. Invite someone into your life, and serve. So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you, and follow the commands exactly. Live the way the Lord your God has commanded you so that you may live and have what is good and have a long life in the land you will take.

Even though your muscles and lungs burn along the path, you accomplish something with each and every step. You stop for a break, sip water, refuel with a power bar, and continue to ascend. Every step takes you a little closer. You watch your step. Your excitement and anticipation grows. With every challenge, you grow. Then you reach the top and savor the moment.

You breathe and take it all in. You soak in the sights…and the accomplishment.

You have to get back to where you live. After all, going down definitely seems to involve less resistance. The truth is, many more accidents happen on the way down the mountain than on the way up. We can slip into others. The more you attune to your emotions, the more curious you can become, and then you can ask more questions.

It may take a leap of faith to assume the best. It may require a deep belief that you will be guided at the right time toward the next right action. The only way we can integrate past experience is with right action. Right action comes from a place of power, self-awareness.

ADVENTURES IN FAITH: A GOD-SIZED FAITH

It may not always be at the time we desire but it comes at the right time. As we slow-down to listen inward, we realize the right action and then do it with an open heart and with the knowledge and belief that the solutions to our problems are out there. Life is an invitation: When we invite the right path for us, the right solutions for us, the right partners for us, we are then able to act from a place of centeredness and power.

We no longer react from experiences from the past. We are grounded in the present to know thyself and act from a place of love and not fear. Life is a process. When we practice what we learn and observe with intentionality and dedication, regardless of the results we are getting just now, we are acting with faith and trusting the process. Life gives us the opportunity to observe our experience and make thoughtful choices rather than thoughtless reactions. We do so with the faith that eventually a psychologically mature pathway will emerge.

Faith demands that we let go of impatiently measuring results. It requires full participation. Have faith that there is a heart-affirming reason for all hurt and rejection, and do not let sorrow keep you from partaking of life and love with an open heart and mind.

Adventures in Faith #1 – A God-Sized Faith

While seated or standing, notice your bodily posture and energy. Now watchfully rouse the biggest disappointments in your life. We started our adventure on a wilderness zip line tour. I actually enjoyed zipping from tree top to tree top, if I kept my eyes closed and clung to the tree trunk after each zip. I closed my eyes tight and inched my way to the edge of the platform, clinging to the harness and rope that was going to guide my descent to the bottom.

After what seemed like hours, I finally convinced myself to jump. I screamed the whole way down and laughed uncontrollably when I landed. Not out of joy! Having developed a false sense of security from my zip line experience, I decided to venture onto the Aerial Ropes Course. I should have stuck to the section designated for kids ages but instead went straight to the beginner course. It was absolutely terrifying. The difference was in order to navigate the ropes course with its many obstacles and challenges, I had to keep my eyes wide open.

And unfortunately, once I started on it there was no easy way to get back to the beginning.

I had to complete three or four challenging obstacles to return to the starting point. My husband and two teenage children had no problem navigating the highest levels of the course. They would shout encouraging words to me from the different sections of the course. But nothing removed the overwhelming fear I felt. Eventually, I started to pray for help.