Faith at the Centre of It All

Reason and belief will always be challenged. It is not left alone even for a moment. We are constantly checking our frame of reference. I’m driving I need to check my surroundings and I’m living I need to check the time. Am I in a place of refuge and safety or am I in a place where I need to save my self from danger? This is what I have experienced lately. I am not alone in this hope filled world of doubt and fear.

Both changes and staying the same is fear inducing and needs to be tackled with faith. I am a child of the living, not the God of the dead. Where I am each day matters and I need to set my sights on this achievement alone, that I am found in Him. I am found with hope and will always be a child who is greatly and wonderfully loved.

I set my eyes upon this, that I am sound in Him, that I am sound with love in my heart for God gave away closeness to His only son to have me in Him. Even when my heart is torn between grace and feeling unworthy I am found at the centre of His love through knowing I am His beloved.

I made a choice to set my souls doubt aside and believe I am made in the very likeness of God. He made me for love and this love is setting my hopes on what I can not see. I can not see God at work in my life always. There are moments I am made for a place I can not be. Heaven is a place I want to be in and I am made for it, yet I find a place of hope in the very truth that God is with me, journeying with me, standing next to me, willing, longing me to reach out to Him.

I hope we don’t seek his face for gain. I hope our love is to set us asleep with this knowledge, that today we made the choice to live in Him. We are and always will be at the centre of His heart. We are and always will be a voice of hope in this world of darkness and despair. We have made a very important leap of faith in that, while we were in the womb, waiting to be brought into this world, our hearts were being formed and our mind was needing love. While we were gaining our feet in life, walking, running and biking our way round the block, our hearts need love.

This love is always a faith process. It’s never a quick fix scenario. It’s alway a process of getting to know you Lord and I feel privileged to call you my friend.

Photo by Cristina Anne Costello on Unsplash

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