ACT ON FAITH IN THE MIDST OF A DISASTER

“By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible” —Hebrews 11:3

 

Faith is the instrument that God has given to the body of Christ to live like He does.  Jesus, God’s Son, came to earth to demonstrate to us God’s character.  So that as Christ’s disciples we, then, can act like He does.

 

Through the ministry of Jesus we see that God does not get afraid when the forces of nature are overwhelming and it looks like death is certain.  In Luke 8:22-24, we read how Jesus calms a tsunami by speaking to the wind and the raging water, and then ask His disciples, “Where is your faith?”  Meaning, is your faith in the circumstances you are looking at, or is it in the one who is in the boat with you.    

 

In the spiritual realm and in the natural realm, faith is acting upon what you believe.  To get the benefit from something that you believe to be true you must act upon it.  I heard this example one time about faith that I have never forgotten.  You may own a car and have the keys to it in your pocket and tell everybody that you know that you own a car.  You can get into your car and say, “I believe that I can put these keys into the ignition of my car, and I believe that I can start the car and I can drive my car.”  All of that may be true, but you will never be able to drive your car, until you act upon what you believe. 

 

The same is true with food.  You can believe that food will provide nourishment to your body and keep you from starving.  But until you act upon what you believe by eating you will starve.

 

You must act upon what you believe to receive any benefit from it.  “Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead” (James 2:17).

 

I want to encourage you today to develop your faith in the area of natural disasters by mediating on Scriptures that promise God’s deliverance.  Such as, Psalm 91; Psalm 121:5-8, “The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand.  The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.  The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.  The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth and even forevermore.”

 

“Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch out Your hand against the wrath of my enemies.  And Your right hand will save me.  The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy O Lord, endures forever; do not forsake the works of Your hands” (Psalm 138:7-8).

 

When the enemy comes, your heart and mind will be renewed so that your faith can focus on Your Deliverer and your deliverance.  He is with you and will never forsake you.

 

 Prayer—Heavenly Father, I thank you that You never leave me and today I refocus my faith upon You and not the circumstances that may confront me