What is your faith saying?

Your faith is an expression of worship! Your confident dependence and hope in God's capability is high praise! On the flip side, our doubt sends God a side-eye with a smirk when we wonder, "Can I really depend on you?"— “like, "God, can you I really tho?"

Deep sigh!

Mercy!

Help me Lord!

🎶My faith looks up to Thee🎶 This line from a song I can't seem to remember—or even place the tune—came to mind this morning. As I'm writing now, it reminds me of how much confidence and trust I have and

had in my earthly father. My confidence in my earthly father's ability and willingness to provide for me kept me safe. I remember once while I was in college, this older man offered me money, a computer and things. Listen here! this was during a time when owning a personal computer was not the norm and I really wanted that computer too! Instead of taking what he offered, I went to my dad and told him what I had been offered to whether I should take them or not.

In a nutshell, this was what my dad said to me, “I know what my motivation and expectation would be if I offered a young lady those things, but I don't know what his motivations are” I wasn't in a relationship with this person, and because I had a clue as to what his motivations might have been, I declined his offer.

He had a few choice words for me—He enlightened me of what he would have told his daughter if the situation was reversed and that I was "silly" for not accepting his strings... oops, I mean gifts. I nicely told him, "If I needed something - anything I would ask my Dad”

My faith and dependence was in my Dad, and in that moment I could not be swayed by anything or anyone—even if I wanted what he offered—because I perceived that the price would have been too high in the long run and I was fine whether I go those things or not.

I believe this simple but true story expresses how our hearts should be postured when we look to our Heavenly Father— the enemy always has an alternative - why we forget this at times is sad but our faith exalts the LORD! Our faith communicates a raised hand of praise or a heart bowed in surrender.

Frankly, this is an opportunity for you and I to reposition our faith, recognizing that our faith is a costly offering.💕