Skip to main content

Preparation Faith

Kind of an odd twist of words and sounds like a medical ointment.  However, I've been thinking that we tend to swing from one extreme to another in our views.  On one hand, is preparation that is so self-reliant and fear based outside of trusting God or the other is the throwing hands in the air and "just relying on God."  

So how do I prepare in faith or out of faith or because of faith?

The only place to go is to the Word.  What is faith?  
  • Faith is believing without seeing and trusting God to be who He says He is and to do what He says He will do.  "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see." Heb. 11:1
  • Faith as small as a mustard seed can move mountains.
  • Faith comes from hearing the Word of God.
  • Faith without deeds is as dead as a spirit without the body.  "Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do. You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.  You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless." James 2:14-26
  •  "Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart..." Prov. 3:5-6
What does God say about preparation?
  • God says to be like ants.  "Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler. Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!  It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest" Prov. 6 
  • Wise people save.  "The wise man saves for the future but the foolish man spends whatever he gets."Proverbs 21:20
  • Four things are small on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise: The ants are not a strong people, but they prepare their food in the summer;  Proverbs 30:24
  • "Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again." Ecc. 11:1 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Starting a Journey

September 3, 2010 Originally posted How to Begin a Journey 1. Pick a destination or simply start. 2. Plan a detailed itinerary or just take the first step. 3. Pack everything or travel lightly. I am choosing to just begin. To leave behind the baggage, pick up a day pack, and go. Several nights before we moved to Ogallala, I was praying about the transition when I heard that still, small voice of God. In that moment, I knew He heard my Heart's Cry. He hears every whispered plea, every unspoken longing. If I truly sit with that truth, it humbles me. What courage, boldness, passion, and decisiveness I have when I remember: He never leaves or forsakes me. He provides for my every need according to His riches in glory. My hope is to encourage you He hears your Heart's Cry too.
2 comments
Read more

1940 Canned Apple Butter: Family Root Cellar

I loved exploration as a child.  From opening the door and going down the stairs to get something from my Grandma's root cellar or exploring old homesteads while checking cows.  I credit my Mom with teaching us to appreciate those things that represented the people who had gone before us. When I moved with my husband and boys to a house on the family ranch-I began exploring immediately.  This was the house my Aunt and Uncle lived in during my childhood.  My Grandparents had lived there and many other families dating back to 1900 when it was built.   With two little boys in tow, I made my way to the root cellar and found a treasure cove.  Old text books belonging to the original family who had been a teacher, the original medicine cupboard, tools, trash and memorabilia.   I felt like an archeologist sifting through layers of debris representing generations and culture.  And I was.  I hauled truckloads of trash to the dump (some...
4 comments
Read more

Diabetes-Opened to Disease OR Open to Connecting to my Strengths

I've tried living in denial for two years after the big D diagnoses was handed over.  Honestly, I just don't want to talk about it.  Outwardly seemly calm and disconnected from it.  Inwardly terrified. As a plant that is stressed is open to disease, injury and death so to our bodies are.  I opened myself up to this.  Stress, lack of sleep, bad nutrition, overweight and lack of exercise.  For some reason I believed that if I ran fast enough and worked hard enough, I would outrun my family genes.  The tiny room in the back of my brain locked with a key has kept the fear of this disease at bay even though I could hear its screaming when life quieted down. My Aunt died piece by piece to this disease.  First a heart attack and quadruple by-pass.  Then a toe.  Next a foot.  Legs came next along with more heart attacks.  Kidneys shutting down.  She died very young. When I was little, my Aunt Ally gave herself s...
4 comments
Read more