“If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.” Isaiah 7:9b

Having to be at an appointment a 4:00pm 4.3 miles away, I first needed to get something from the store 3.7 miles away. The time was 3:29pm. Calculating…calculating… I ran to my truck and, based upon my calculations, hastened to complete the circle. Did I make it, and if so, how did I do it?

Every one of us does this every single day. Some folks, like me, tend to press the envelope more than others. But the fact remains. We ALL face situations where time, distance, obstacles and potential hazards lie in wait! We ALL make calculations and then execute a plan to accomplish something. And it is ALWAYS BY FAITH!

Over 700 years before ChriEveryonest was born, an evil King was challenged by GOD to ask for a sign that GOD would protect and save His own people. King Ahaz played a fake humble attitude and refused. So God gave Ahaz His OWN sign. 2700 years later we are STILL celebrating the miracle of Emmanuel! Well…some of us anyway!

Living on Earth is DANGEROUS! If God were to take away oxygen we wouldn’t consciously last more than 3 minutes! Car accidents may pale in comparison to death by virus or bacteria. Yet we get in our cars and drive head on toward people doing the same thing from the opposite direction…separated by a yellow line… and less than 10 feet apart! Then we tell God what we cannot, or WILL NOT do!The world is going crazy! With the competition to be ‘The Expert’ in the announcement of fear so riddled with contestants, you’d think the prize was world domination! Yet as crazy as that sounds, the saddest people are the ones who choose to believe them! The common denominator of both…is selfishness.

God and I have a deal. I let Him be God and He lets me see what only His Children can see. The tool is Faith! And as I see it, Faith is either growing…or fading. Having seen SO much from God in the past, I EXPECT to see even more in the present and future. Being a Faith guy, I can verify that the Bible verse today is ABSOLUTELY TRUE! And exercising Faith isn’t really miraculous at all! It’s just a calculation!

How YOU doin?