Day Thirteen
My Father was a wonderful provider; we didn’t have much growing up and yet we were never without. I remember when I got to the age where I needed a bike, Dad went to the city dump, found a rusty old beat up bike, scrubbed it polished it, added a new seat and new bell and painted it….bright orange! ☺ Dad made me my first necklace, he disappeared into his shed and crafted me a round polished steel pendant and put it on a salvaged chain for me. Dad loved to provide for us so much that he hated it when we would ask for things before he had a chance to get it for us. He wanted us to know that if we needed it then he made it his business to give it to us.
The only problem was that when I grew up I thought that God was the same. I thought He didn’t want me to ask Him for things, that He knew what I wanted, and when he thought the time was right He’d give it to me.
I could ask God for other people, I had confidence in Him that He would hear me and grant their request but not the same confidence for myself.
For me this was a faith stealer. I didn’t fully understand God’s love for me, or His desire for me to ask Him for what I needed. When we are, (for whatever reason,) insecure about God’s love for us, and the grace He has freely given us, it limits our approach to Him and our ability to receive from Him. Insecurity regarding God’s love and grace is another faith stealer! Our faith is like the seed sown that springs up but because there is no soil depth it shrivels and dies, because it has no roots
Paul’s desire for the Colossian Church is my desire for you, “Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.”
Scripture to Meditate on: Colossians chapter 2