It makes you take a step forward
when you want to go backwards
It makes you face the unfamiliar
when you would rather touch what is familiar.
It makes you TRUST in the midst of doubt
It stretches you because it is stretched,
as the hands of the clock continue to move forward
yet everything around you is at a standstill
yet changing in ways that you wish weren't
because
"IT" demands so much of you
because you don't have a choice.
Therefore you succumb
and take the most COURAGEOUS step
because you have nothing else left.
"IT" welcomes you.
"IT" changes everything
because "IT" changes you
as it takes your eyes off of what you see
the moment you take that first COURAGEOUS step beyond all your senses
and grab on "IT" like there is no tomorrow
because "IT" is what you have been seeking.
Because "IT" is FAITH~
"Now FAITH is
the assurance (title deed, confirmation)of things
hoped for (divinely guaranteed),
& the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses]" (Hebrews 11:1 AMP)
Oh the COURAGE OF FAITH ~
"FAITH is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase" (Martin Luther)
Oh the COURAGE OF FAITH
that takes you beyond yourself
that makes you take your next breath when you feel you have nothing left
because you
PUT YOU IN HIS PROMISES~
“Cast all your anxiety on HIM, ________* (your name)
because HE cares for you, _________*” (1 Peter 5:7).
Oh the COURAGE OF FAITH
that faces the FACE of the ONE who is our FAITH~
“Look to the LORD ________*
and HIS strength; seek HIS face always
__________*” (Psalm 105:4)
Oh where would you be & where would I be
as the clock continues to tick
if we respond
the moment we respond to HIS WORDS
that calls to FAITH~
"But JESUS immediately said to _______*
: 'Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid'" (Matthew 14:27).
Oh the COURAGE OF FAITH~
"Therefore ________* do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away,
yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory
that far outweighs them all.
So ______* fix your eyes not on what is seen,
but on what is unseen,
since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal" (2 Corinthians 4: 16-18).
Oh the COURAGE OF FAITH
that shouts
“I, ________* do believe; help me, overcome my unbelief!”(Mark 9:24).
Where in your life is GOD asking you to wear the
COURAGE OF FAITH?
Therefore,
LIVE UNBROKEN
and
"WALK BY FAITH" (listen to the song below)