Skip to main content

Having Faith is Crazy

Hold up! Before you read that title and get upset, just follow me for a moment.


What is faith to you?

If you think about it, you can't have faith without some sort or hardship, adversity, or unknown. It's easy to say, "I have faith", but do you have faith because you already know something will work out or is it truly blind faith? Are you believing in the unseen and the unknown?

The last month has opened my eyes to the true meaning of faith. 

Faith means leaving your job of over a decade because you believe that God is leading you in a different direction. 

Faith is walking away with nothing else lined up. 

Faith is believing that God will provide and bills will be paid when you have no idea how that is going to happen. 

That of those statements lead me to the next part...

Faith is crazy.

Faith is Crazy!

Some might argue that the word I should be using is crazy, not faith. Let's face it, sometimes I feel that way, but by stepping out in faith, I've never felt so close to God. I've never felt more in my heart that I'm doing exactly what He wants me to do.

I've heard many stories of people that were not given much time to live, but they had faith. The doctors thought they were crazy for having faith because it defied science and the odds, but God saw the faith of His people and cured them to live a life for Him. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that God heals everyone and that's not the point of this comparison. The point is to agree that faith is (or may seem) crazy to others. 

Some might read the sentences I wrote above as...

Crazy means leaving your job of over a decade because you believe that God is leading you in a different direction. 

Crazy is walking away with nothing else lined up. 

Crazy is believing that God will provide and bills will be paid when you have no idea how that is going to happen. 

If having faith in the Heavenly Father, makes me crazy, I want to be as crazy as they come! I want to be so crazy that no one will be crazy enough to think that my God will do the things I'm crazy enough to think He will do. 

Faith is crazy. 

By having faith you may be called crazy. 

But the things our God can do are crazier. 

I urge you to be a little crazy. Have faith. Real faith in the unseen and the unknown. Listen to God and trust His will for your life. I pray that you too will become free and humble (and a little crazy!)

Looking for inspiration or just want to follow along with my journey? Subscribe to my email list and see the posts first. Prefer to wait until others are talking about it? Follow my pages on social media and join the conversation. 

If having faith is crazy, I want to be as crazy as they come.

Labels:

Comments

  1. AnonymousApril 9, 2022 at 1:40 PM

    This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

God’s Steppingstones: They’re Ready, Will You Walk the Path He Has Prepared

The original title of this post was, "God Lays His Steppingstones One at a Time", but that cannot be further from the truth. God has had His steppingstones laid out before the beginning of time. He already knows every step that will ever be taken. He only reveals them to us one step at a time. Let's be honest, that is not easy for humans, at least not for me anyway. I like to know my next steps before I take them. I want to know what will happen, how soon it will happen, and who will be involved, but things don't always work that way.  God is in control and we must always remind ourselves of that. However, there are some things we can (and must) control. Has God laid a stepping stone for you that you were supposed to step on a LONG time ago? I mean, I don't need to know, that's between you and God, but I know I've been guilty! Sometimes we wait on God's answers, but sometimes God is way ahead of us. He's just waiting on us to take that next step, w...
Post a Comment
Read more

God Will Provide, Just Trust in Him: How He Used a Metaphor to Remind Me

Have you ever felt like a bird with clipped wings? No matter how hard you flap and wail around, you feel like you can't get anywhere. Sure, you still get some flight time, but it's slower and not as far as you would like. I have to admit that I'm feeling that way right now and my heart is hurting for others that feel the same.  It's easy to ask, "God, why? Why are you allowing me to go through this?" It's like we automatically assume that the scissors that clipped our wings are in His hands, but that's not usually the case.  THE BIRDCAGE Just five months ago, I was working at my nine-to-five (tucked nicely into my little birdcage). I had worked there for over 12 years and didn't really have plans to leave, but God had other plans . I was supplied with food and water (paycheck) consistently and my cage was kept clean and tidy (I had great colleagues and loved the work), but God wanted more for me.  THE RELEASE The freedom of being released from my b...
Post a Comment
Read more

We’re Raising God’s Kids and They’re Watching Our Every Move

Something happened last night that I have to share! I had just gotten home from a softball meeting with my oldest daughter and as I was cooking supper I noticed that my youngest daughter’s Bible was open on the couch. I didn’t ask her about it right then because my oldest daughter’s boyfriend was over, I was cooking supper, and I was filling my husband in on the softball meeting. You know how life distracts you.  Anyway, after I was done cooking supper my youngest brought her phone over to me and wanted me to look at a couple of pictures. After I took her phone in my hand I realized these were no ordinary pictures. She had been reading her Bible and took the text from her Bible, and the lessons that she had learned, and made graphics with inspirational messages. Guys, do you know how much that blessed my heart?! My daughter is watching me. She sees me living for God, reading my Bible, and sharing the word. Now, she’s excited to do the same!  After our good night prayers, my gi...
1 comment
Read more