Daphne Delay

It’s called faith.

When you can see beyond the natural, beyond your feelings, beyond what you think you know, and see with the eyes of faith, God shows up.

He was there all along of course, but waiting for your cue.

Throughout scripture, God is moved by faith. There are plenty of “needs” in the world, but not every need is met because God isn’t moved by need. He is moved by faith.

In fact, a whole chapter in the Bible is dedicated to showing us how important faith is to God (go read Hebrews 11). But here’s the thing: God loves faith because it’s our side of the covenant!

God has done everything through Christ.

Our part is to believe (faith).

And when we believe in what we cannot see, the power of God is released. This is the place of miracles; a place of provision and joy.

No wonder, “Without faith, it’s impossible to please God…”

Truth and reality aren’t always the same thing.

I’ll give you an example.

Jesus told the parable in Luke 18 of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector. “The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess’” (vs. 11-12).

Notice the self-righteousness: he prayed “thus with himself” — not even to God 🙄

But the deception is that he made his obedience to the law greater than the Lawmaker. Jesus used this parable to point out the danger of self-righteousness.

“And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted” (vs. 13-14).

On the outside, you may be able to check the boxes but what’s your heart posture?

Reality minus truth is dangerous.