Quote for the Day

“By faith…”

Today's Prayer

This week ask God to provide the faith you need to allow you to be His vessel of His will and agenda. Then REST in the assurance that He will provide all you will need.

Hebrews 11:23-31

Hebrews 11:23-31 (NIV)23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict. 24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. 25 He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. 26 He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of , because he was looking ahead to his reward. 27 By faith he left , not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of . 29 By faith the people passed through the as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned. 30 By faith the walls of fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days. 31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.

Message

Whose faith is it anyway?A quick reminder of our definition of faith:Faith is putting your undivided confidence in God, and then resting in Him.One of the most important things to remember is that our faith comes from GOD, NOT from us. No, this is not a repeat from last time, but the same beginning to refresh and set the stage for today’s verses. Each of the people we see in these verses, Moses’ parents, Moses, the people of seeing the walls of fall, all experienced things that ONLY God could provide. NONE of them were things that any one of them could have done through their own will and volition. This can be difficult for us to understand given the influence of today’s action films where one man (or woman) can overcome any and everything to make the world a safe, comfortable and perfect place again. In God’s world each of these men and women in the verses below had to empty themselves of self and self-will and allow God and God alone to perform the necessary task. Could a mother really give up her newborn and place him in a river and just “hope for the best”? Could an entire nation listen to Joshua and then march around a city and blow trumpets and expect to win a war against an enemy who was far stronger and superior to them? None of this could happen by the power of men. Faith is allowing ourselves to be the vessel of God’s power and will. We need to remind ourselves that God alone is the power to overcome our burdens; we are the vessel of HIS choosing. We are His vessel for both the BIG and SMALL things. This week rest in the comfort that He has chosen you to be HIS vessel.