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| I had a dream to travel the world... |
Finding Faith For Forgotten Dreams is one of the main themes of my book, Lady and the Sea, so I thought we'd chat about it today. We all dream. We all have dreamed (past tense). We often lay those dreams aside, thinking that our circumstances govern where our dreams will end up ... tucked away in a closet, or tossed away in the trash. When I was young my dream was to travel the world, but after two failed marriages and two children to raise, I threw that dream aside. My mistake. But through the years I have found that by activating these few simple steps, dreams can actually come true ... in God's perfect timing ... not ours. So here's our little Sunday School lesson:
But without faith it is impossible to please Him... Hebrews 11:6a
Faith is a combination of several things:
TRUST: It causes us to say by our actions, "Lord, I trust you. Your Word says You can be trusted and I believe it." Faith in God is trust in God.
CONFIDENCE: Our confidence is not in the abilities or cleverness of man -- but of God. Faith is confidence that God will keep His promises.
ASSURANCE: Assurance tells us that God is everything His Word says He is. It tells us that He is intervening on our behalf. Faith is assurance.
COURAGE: Faith is the courage needed to approach God with a list of needs and know He hears our prayers and answers them for His glory and honor ... not ours. It's the courage to look to the Lord in any time of need and not allow our circumstances to intimidate or dictate to us.
ACTION: Faith has a passive side. It can be received as a gift of God, but it also has an active side. Faith prompts action. Hebrews 11:33 tells us that faith subdued, faith worked, faith obtained, and faith even stopped the mouth of lions.
Until I put my faith into action in my own life, these were only words not understood in my mind. Faith in action allows your heart and mind to see the fullness of the Lord working in your behalf. How exciting is that? The living God hears us, listens to us, and answers us ... all in His perfect timing. My life is a testimony of God's faithfulness ... my dream of traveling the world for God came true and you can read my story in my novel, Lady and the Sea.
In the days ahead, let's all begin to live by faith in a more alive, exciting way! Until next time...
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| Istanbul, Turkey 2008 |
I wish you smooth sailing and
oceans of faith for those forgotten dreams!
oceans of faith for those forgotten dreams!
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| On board Restoration 1995 Stockholm, Sweden |
4 comments:
Sharon, thanks for sharing this post about faith. Faith in God to have the courage to dream a big dream. Trusting God and leaning on Him to see it come about.
Blessings,
Deborah H. Bateman - author
I love to think of faith in action. Everything in life has a natural forward movement (doesn't it?...I may be wrong)...why not our faith.
I keep thinking about this scrippy too, as we have to stay in and use the word to grow, and continue in this wonderful will of God for our life.
Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.
Heb. 5:13-14
Thanks for sharing those riches
that grow in your heart,
beautiful Sharon:)
-Jennifer
Deborah, I believe God wants us to dream big. Sydney, Faith IS action. Jennifer, like you, the riches spring forth when I'm listening to my heart. Happy Summer to my sweet friends.
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