Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of Your universe…Each day enrapture me with Your marvelous things without number. I do not ask to see the reason for it all; I ask only to share
in the wonder of it all.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
I want to be a faith-walker. I want to be one who does not muddle a life journey with the need to know. I want to be one who steps out in faith into the great unknown desiring only to share in the wonder and glory of the God who created it all.
- Like Noah, who built an ark when it wasn’t raining. Like Abraham, who went even though he didn’t know where he was going.
- Like David, who as a child killed the giant warrior with a stone and a sling while the armies watched.
- Like Esther, who approached the king not knowing if he would receive her or kill her.
- Like Isaiah, who saw the Lord seated on His throne; felt his unworthiness and with touch of God’s glory eagerly offered to be sent by the Lord as a prophet.
- Like the disciples, who left their nets and their lives to follow the One who called to them.
- Like Stephen, who spoke boldly for the Lord and was stoned for it – in his dying moment he prayed for those who threw the stones.
- Like Saul,who became Paul after a meeting with Jesus on the road to Damascus. His life was never the same.
A faith walker doesn’t ask why. With faith, there is that unknown factor. If you can see, you can touch it and you know why it is there – do you really need faith?
Hebrews 11:1 NIV
My “why’s” should be my “why not’s” in Christ.
Why not believe in the God who created my inmost being and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Why not believe in the God who has created and ordained the days before even one came into being. Why not believe in the God who gave of His very own save me. Why not trust my yesterday, today and tomorrow to the God who planned for me, created me, saved me, knows me and sustains me.
Faith goes up the stairs that love has made and looks out the window which hope has opened.