From Faith to Faith

Hebrews 11:1 - Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

It's safe to say that with that scripture we can also say that faith is tangible. Faith is what is already there. We can see it, feel it, behold it, whatever it may be.

Our born again lives should be like crossing a tight rope and having Jesus as our net. It should be like a course where the destination is His hand reaching out. Without this mentality, we cannot please God.

It is sin to doubt. The opposite of faith is doubt and the Lord hates this.

Romans 1:17 Tells us that we (having the righteousness of Christ through the Blood of Jesus and justified through Him by the Holy Ghost) are to live by faith, from faith to faith. - For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

We are to live as such to be prepared for battle, but not to doubt; knowing that we will win in the end. As my pastor said the other night... we have conquered many battles and will continue to but we haven't won the war, yet. However, it is by faith through the Word that we will WIN that war, because it is proclaimed at the end of that Book.

A few years back, my church had purchased a slab of land. Many doubted and even left the church with the mindset that we were spending money on a church that could never be built by only 40 members. The slab sat there for quite awhile and faith dwindled.

Some faith that is. I knew in my heart that Jesus had a plan. I caught onto my pastor's dream and vision. His passion became mine. His vision, I could see as well. I saw that beautiful church sitting on the slab. Not to glory in myself but to express my passion so that other's will too follow their pastor's vision, I remember many a days where I would just go up on the slab and cry and pray.

There were times that I would take the kids and we would get out, turn up the radio and dance on the slab of dirt, thanking the Lord for making a way to build our church.

After awhile, nothing would happen. There was always a stump or hurdle to cross, reminding us that this must be God's will because the adversary was doing everything he could to stop the process of building the church. We didn't give up our vision.

Everytime my kids and I would drive through town, I would point over to the empty slab of dirt and say "look at that beautiful church guys". At first the kids laughed, but eventually they started agreeing and would say "yes, it's so big and pretty". We did this for a couple years.

I also told them about faith and that if we really want something that we must believe that it is already there. Now they can see that because they saw that beautiful church sitting there, it is becoming a reality and their vision has new dimensions.

We will be in our new church in about a month. Over $500K in donations, with a lot of prayer and the faith of at least three little kids!