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Blogs > bienne > Knowing God -What you believe?


bienne 56F
19 posts
5/24/2009 4:12 am
Walking by Faith
For all born again Christians, walking by faith rather than by sight is optional if all the great promises of God held out for us in Christ are forfeited.

I personally have been in this walk since 1991, my spiritual birthday will be tomorrow, and that means 18th years in the Lord.
Apart from thanksgiving, it is also time for reflection of the past and looking forward into the future, the promising future God has for me as His dearly beloved .

It is surely worthwhile to share with my audience here for the sake of encouragement as well as warning.

Be watchful over what Satan can do against you in terms of muddying your mind and weakening your faith with partial truths; your beliefs system must be firmly anchored in the Scriptures

What do you mean by beliefs system then?

I was reminded of this in 8 key areas by the book I've been going through and the drawn out points I've been praying about.
The first key word is SUCCESS; the world likes talking about it and its belief systems and values are expressed through its deep-rooted networks spreading all over the world, bombarding us day and night, telling us that success has to be recognized by certain authorities or authorized figures, approved by certain awards/world standards, and showcased normally by being very rich, highly influential, extraordinarily beautiful and accomplishing great works of some sort.

But the author of the book reminded me again God's way is not our human way (ie the way of the world). He quoted Josh.1-8
"Be strong and very courageous; be careful to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may have success wherever you go. This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success."

Was Joshua's success dependent on other people or favorable circumstances? Absolutely not. Success hinged entirely on living according to God's Word. If Joshua believed what God said and did what God told him to do, he would succeed. Sounds simple enough, but God immediately put him to the test by giving him a rather unorthodox battle plan for conquering Jericho. Marching around the city for seven days and then blowing a horn weren't exactly approved military tactics in Joshua's day!
Joshua's success was conditional on obeying God regardless of how foolish His plan seemed (in our own eyes or in the eyes of the world).

This is what we often find wrestling with God because our reasoning tells us that it does not make sense to me at all; it is contrary to common sense; it goes against the "norm" of society in which certain ways of doing things are set in concrete and everyone living in it is expected to follow suit. It is like fish going against the flow. This is however what walking by faith means - God ordained this way, Joshua made it through and God set him up as a hero of faith for us to follow.

Thanks be to God for such a lesson of faith; most importantly, glory, honor and praise be to God if I indeed one day truly make it through to the very end in and through Christ Jesus my Lord and Saviour. Amen.
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