I really resonate with the idea that faith sometimes needs to just be faith. It is not about what will come out of it in the end. It's not about how it might turn out in my favor in the end. It is about trusting God and loving him enough to say - He is worthy! I will go and obey, and I will do everything possible to bring honor and renown to Jesus Christ. Whatever brings God the greatest amount of glory may not be the most comfortable for me. And it is hard to remind myself regularly that it is not about me, but about God.
As we look throughout history, we see men and women who loved God and were concerned about his glory, not just by giving lipservice to him but enough to suffer being eaten by lions and lit up as live torches for Caesar's garden parties to confess their love and allegiance to him.
Faith is about trusting in God's sovereignty. I trust him. I believe that my purpose is to bring glory to God. It is to leverage evey fiber of my being for the purposes and the glory of God - that's it, nothing more, nothing in it for me...
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