{"id":5636,"date":"2011-10-31T05:09:51","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T13:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wordpress\/?p=5636"},"modified":"2011-10-31T10:20:11","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T18:20:11","slug":"the-trial-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=5636","title":{"rendered":"The Trial of Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you have faith as a mustard seed . . . nothing will be impossible for you \u2014Matthew 17:20<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Walk by Faith<\/a><\/p>\n

We have the idea that God rewards us for our faith, and it may be so in the initial stages. But we do not earn anything through faith\u2014 faith brings us into the right relationship with God and gives Him His opportunity to work. Yet God frequently has to knock the bottom out of your experience as His saint to get you in direct contact with Himself. God wants you to understand that it is a life of faith<\/em>, not a life of emotional enjoyment of His blessings. The beginning of your life of faith was very narrow and intense, centered around a small amount of experience that had as much emotion as faith in it, and it was full of light and sweetness. Then God withdrew His conscious blessings to teach you to \u201cwalk by faith\u201d (2 Corinthians 5:7<\/a>). And you are worth much more to Him now than you were in your days of conscious delight with your thrilling testimony.<\/p>\n

Faith by its very nature must be tested and tried. And the real trial of faith is not that we find it difficult to trust God, but that God\u2019s character must be proven as trustworthy in our own minds. Faith being worked out into reality must experience times of unbroken isolation. Never confuse the trial of faith with the ordinary discipline of life, because a great deal of what we call the trial of faith is the inevitable result of being alive. Faith, as the Bible teaches it, is faith in God coming against everything that contradicts Him\u2014 a faith that says, \u201cI will remain true to God\u2019s character whatever He may do.\u201d The highest and the greatest expression of faith in the whole Bible is\u2014 \u201cThough He slay me, yet will I trust Him\u201d (Job 13:15<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Lord, the scripture is clear that faith comes from hearing the word of God.\u00a0 But I am learning that I only need faith the size of a mustard seed, because Jesus has all the faith I need for our relationship. Living in me, He brings the faith I need for every circumstance.<\/p>\n

And God says\u2026\u201dAbsolutely. When Jesus said \u201cIt is finished, He meant it is ALL finished. He did not say it is finished as long as you have enough faith, or as long as you do the right things, or as long as you go to the right church.\u00a0 Jesus brings you everything you need for life and life more abundantly, which includes trials and challenges. \u00a0These trials and challenges are essential to helping you realize and understand that the life of peace is Jesus living in and through you. Whatever is required of you, let Jesus deliver and provide.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you have faith as a mustard seed . . . nothing will be impossible for you \u2014Matthew 17:20     https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2-ytcvXP8BI Walk by Faith We have the idea that God rewards us for our faith, and it may be so in the initial stages. But we do not earn anything through faith\u2014 faith brings […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5636"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5636"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5638,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5636\/revisions\/5638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}