Luke 17:5-6 And the apostles said unto
the Lord, ‘Increase our faith.’ And the Lord said, ‘If you had faith like a
grain of mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be up rooted, and
be planted in the sea; and it would obey you.’
The African Impala (an African antelope) are amazing creatures that can jump
to a height of over 10 feet and cover a distance greater than 30 feet. Yet
Impalas can be kept in a zoo inside an enclosure with a simple 3 foot wall.
Why? Impalas will not jump if they can’t see where their feet will land. Do we
have something in common with these antelopes? Able to take great leaps of
faith, but refusing to do it unless we can see where we’ll land?
I learned long ago that God would only give me Step B once my feet were off
the ground from leaving Step A. For a lifelong planner, that was a scary
proposition when I was a baby Christian. Now, I know it to be His way and my
faith/trust has grown. I don’t need to actually see Step B anymore. I still
like to but I do not tremble in fear when I cannot. He has proven faithful to
carry me beyond Step B when I flounder, and on to the goal.
George Mueller said of faith, “Faith does not operate in the realm of the
possible. There is no glory for God in that which is humanly possible. Faith
begins where man’s power ends.”
In Biblical terms: “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen.”
True faith cannot see how the landing will occur…it simply leaps under the
conviction that it will occur. Remember, Biblical faith begins where our power
ends.
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