The Word of God for wisdom:
Proverbs 13:4 (NLT)
4 Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper.
The Word of God for inspiration:
Psalm 83:1 (NLT)
1 O God, do not be silent! Do not be deaf. Do not be quiet, O God.
The Word of God for encouragement:
Luke 17:5-6 (HCSB)
5 The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith."
6 "If you have faith the size of a mustard seed," the Lord said, "you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will obey you.
My observation:
When faced with a mountain size problem we would probably make the same request that the disciples of Jesus made. We all can say to the Lord, "Increase our faith".
The response of Jesus gives us insight into the kind of faith it takes to accomplish the difficult things that is required to do the will of God in our daily lives.
It is not the quantity of faith that makes the difference. Rather, it is the object of our faith, and the genuineness of our faith that matters.
The test of genuine faith is that it is alive and growing. A mustard seed is small, but it is alive and it is growing. That is the kind of faith, when placed in a "BIG" God that will accomplish what seems to our eyes as mission impossible.
How big is your God? How alive and growing is your faith?
My prayer:
Our Father in heaven, my dear Father, I come to your throne room of grace today to ask you to increase my faith. Father, I pray for the measure of faith that I need to meet the challenge of being obedient to do whatever it takes for me to fulfill the will of God for my life.
Father God, I pray for an overcoming faith that will be able to say to the mountain of circumstances that stand between my will and thy will, and for anything that would sidetrack me from fulfilling my God ordained purpose for being alive, "Be moved in Jesus name". Amen.
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1 Timothy 4:4-5 (HCSB)
4 For everything created by God is good, and nothing should be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,
5 since it is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.
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