The Bridge Between Faith and Foolishness!

This Christian life is quite a journey.  Many days we will be on top of the world, other days we feel the world is on top of us.  Sometimes our finances, relationships or faith projects may pull on us in a way that looks foolish for us to decide different than what society thinks.   But the thing that is the most interesting to me, is that no matter where or what I am feeling, how things are going, God is a very present help to those who truly believe in Him.  Living this life will give you a backbone, it will teach you that every outcome is not about you, and it will have you looking and waiting to hear from God.  We are instructed to live by faith, but sometimes our faith can end up looking like foolishness.

FAITH

I have recently begun working on a faith project and this one will cost more than my previous ones.  As an analytical person, I can tell myself that I should pay attention to everything and don’t spend there, so you can do this, or don’t do that because then you can’t do this.   Honestly, that sounds like a lack of faith.   Lack will tell me to hold off in my spending, be careful in my giving, or to put a hold on my personal needs in order to do this faith project; wisdom may tell me to do the same, so is that really faith or is that just juggling what I already have?  As a Christian I must look at all of it in order to be a good steward of what God has entrusted me with.  Deciding that I cannot do one thing God has given me opportunity to do, in order to do another says that I don’t think God is ABLE to provide for both.  That thought throws me a bit, because I do believe He is able to do it all of it, … or do I?

FOOLISHNESS

It is foolish to spend all you have and to invest in things that do not produce!  It is foolish to live beyond your means and to work on one thing when your heart is in another.  It is foolish to assist people that have shown you that they are not trying as hard as you wish they would, and it is foolish to trust someone who has proven to be a liar.  We are taught a lot about what is foolish, but many times we miss it because we don’t  weigh it by God and what He has said.   Sometimes what God says for us to do, looks foolish.   Much like turning the other cheek, or if your enemy wants you to go one mile, you go two!  Nobody wants our faith to really be  foolishness, so how can we know the difference?!

KNOWING THE DIFFERENCE

The bridge between FAITH and FOOLISHNESS is not determined by society or what the world thinks or feels should be done, it is determined by what God has said.  The thing about being a Christian is that God expects us to trust Him, to acknowledge Him in all our ways and He promises to direct our paths.  It is very easy to lean to our own understanding, to seek insight and counsel according to this world’s standards, but God has let us know that our ways are not His ways, our thoughts are not His thoughts.  So it is easy to assume, that what looks foolish to us, could very well be faith to Him.     

The plans I have right now could possibly leave me right back where I was in the sense of my financial state, I could look like I spent most of what I had to invest in a ‘faith project”.  But the thing that encourages me is this….  I am a faith project!  My life, how I live, what I trust God with, and how I lean on Him for my provision and plans is all part of my personal project.    It may not sound solid, because we are taught to plan for tomorrow, and I do… But I also plan to trust Him for today, knowing that He promised to take care of my tomorrow.  The only foolish thing about your faith is not asking God what to do.   Faith begins where the will of God is known.  That works in every area of your life, relationships, finances, job opportunities and more.   We are not required just to have faith, but to live by it.

If you are amid a difficult decision and it seems like you will be making a foolish choice by obeying God, remember that God requires your faith.  Sometimes He asks for things that people cannot understand… Stepping outside a boat in the middle of a lake sounds foolish too, but the key is knowing God, asking God and obeying God.  If you do that, you will never miss- in fact… you will WALK ON WATER!

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