Sow Seeds of Faith In Our Hearts
Trust in the Lord and His Word Regardless
By Josephine Lim Weston
Psalm 73:28
But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God;
I have made the Lord God my refuge and placed my trust in Him,
That I may tell of all Your works.
It's so important to sow as many seeds of faith in our hearts as possible as we go along in life's journey as trials do come. We need as much support and assurance to keep us sane and strong in times of uncertainty. If we have been studying God's word daily and hold on in believing the promises in His word and listen again and again to faith-fuelling sermons that gives us absolute confidence on God's word we will have a higher ability to withstand any trials that come our way. If we have not and have been treating God's word lightly in wavering thoughts then when trials come we will be shaken.
2 Corinthians 1:18-20
18 But [as surely as] God is faithful and means what He says, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No” [at the same time]. 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but has proved to be “Yes” in Him [true and faithful, the divine “Yes” affirming God’s promises]. 20 For as many as are the promises of God, in Christ they are [all answered] “Yes.” So through Him we say our “Amen” to the glory of God.
God's promises in His word through Christ Jesus are Yes and Amen. He will surely fulfil His promises to us hence let us choose to confidently trust Him by His word with unwavering faith regardless of what trials (how big or how small) we are facing right now. That's the confidence we have. We can use our strength and time to worry at this moment - but will it do us any good to our health and wellbeing? - or we can use the same strength and time choosing to trust God in His word and not worry as His word says (Psalm 23) "Even though I walk through the [sunless] valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You (Jesus) are with me."
I remember when I was at the last remaining weeks of my pregnancy with my son Jean-Luc, he was in a breech position and even after 4 attempts with ECV, he failed to turn the right way for natural birth that I had to undergo caesarean surgery to deliver him. I am someone who is afraid of injections and I had fainted in school when being administered the rubella jab, while some schoolmates of mine heard about it and laughed at me. Since then I have always disliked any kind of injection, but I still had to go through it if caesarean surgery was required. I decided not to worry and use the same strength and energy to trust confidently on God's word (Psalm 23) that He is with me and I shall not fear. He will deliver me and I will be saved throughout the procedure although I lost a lot of blood; and I could hear the conversations between surgeons and anaesthetist amounting to them having to request that my husband leave the operating theatre after Jean-Luc was safely delivered so as not to make my husband worried about me further with the next course of actions that they had to perform on me. I trusted in the Lord throughout and I remembered emerging from the operating theatre not being able to move my legs at all that frightened me but I kept calling on the name of Jesus to help me regain use and movement on my legs until I could move them and what a relief when it happened. Our God will never fail us so just trust Him regardless.
As I look back on my life's journey thus far I can confidently say God has been faithful to His word and He has looked after me well through all the ups and downs in life. I thank God I'm in the fold of His family and that I know I can entrust Him confidently with my life completely knowing He will not fail me. Romans 10:11 11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in Him (God) [whoever adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him] will not be disappointed or ashamed [in his expectations].”
If anyone of us need healing at the moment, I would encourage you to to start gathering verses from the Bible that speaks on healing promises and meditate on it daily. If anyone of us need wisdom, deliverance, leadership abilities, career guidance or financial breakthough or family or any kind of relationship reconciliation and breakthroughs, look into the scriptures for God's promises on those areas and start confessing, meditating on them and put your faith into action if needed to until you see your miracles happen. That's the promise and hope we have from God. Sow as many seeds of faith as possible in our hearts and minds right now so that when trials come we will not be moved.
Keep listening to faith charged sermons as often as we can in building our faith muscles, meditate on His word daily especially those scripture verses that target our needs and situations right now, surround ourselves with people who speak life and faith into our situations, be humble to share our prayer requests with others and receive by faith with assured confidence of what the Bible promised us that God can do to our situations regardless of how severe our trials we face right now. Jeremiah 32:27 "I am the LORD, the God of all people. Nothing is too difficult for me.” Instead of worrying that does us no good, use the same strength, energy and time we have to trust God in His word.
Psalm 16:8
I have set the Lord continually before me;
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Psalm 62:6
He (God) only is my rock and my salvation;
My fortress and my defense, I will not be shaken or discouraged.
