We have now crossed the mid-way point of our study--Experiencing God! There are 12 Units we have completed 6 of them and today our Unit Topic for week 7 is "The Crisis of Belief."
The Lesson Title are as follows:
Day 1: A Turning Point
Day 2: Encounters with God Require Faith
Day 3: Encounters with God Are God-Sized
Day 4: What You Do Reveals What You Believe
Day 5: True Faith Requires Action
As stated in the book, this unit focuses on a major turning point in following God's will. When God invites you to join Him in His work, He has a God-sized assignment for you. You will realize you cannot do what He is asking on your own. If God doesn't help you, you will fail. This is the crisis of belief when you must decide whether to believe God for what He wants to do through you. Now let me ask--What came to your heart and mind when you read that? Here's more--when God tells you what He wants to do through you, you will face a crisis of belief. What you do next reveals what you believe. No, here's the one that got me--the way you live your life is a testimony of what you believe about God.
Beloved, this unit really made me think long and hard. And, it helped me to understand that it wasn't so much that I wasn't qualified or prepared but rather that's how God-sized assignments work. God doesn't give us assignments that we can handle on our own. I believe that's important for people to know. So, when God shows you your purpose or His plan//assignment for you and you think to yourself, "Whoa! I cant do that!" God is saying, "I know." Day 2 goes on to talk about faith-Faith is confidence that what God has promised or said will come to pass. Here's what stood out for me--your faith does not rest on a concept or an idea. Faith must be in a Person-God Himself. Faith is valid in God and what He says He is purposing to do. Day 3-- Our world in not seeing God because we are not attempting anything that only God can do. Another summary statement says, Let the world watch God at work and He will attract people to Himself. I thought that was powerful. Here's one more--God is far more concerned with your walking with Him than He is interested in you getting a job for Him.
Day 4--What you do reveals what you believe about God, regardless of what you say. Another statement says--Unbelief is extremely costly. Then there is Day 5 that talks about action! One of the summary statements--Faith without action is dead. Another one says, God has planned something far better for people of faith than the world has to offer.
There are so many important things from this unit that can be shared. With that in mind, I mainly posted some of the summary statements that stood out to me. But the main thing we all need to understand as we seek to "experience God" is that God-sized assignments are bigger than us. And, when we understand that then we can move forward in faith realizing that God wants to use us do major things. But we cannot doubt God's power, dismiss His directions, ignore His instructions and then think we can figure it all out and do it our own way--in our strength. The things that God has called us to be and do require us being in relationship with Him. It may seem scary but with God it's possible.
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