A few posts on a couple of forums, prompted this thread, and someone just wrote on this forum about how we "use God" so that we can get something from Him, and this is exactly what I just learned. Recently an issue came up with me about faith and someone pointed out to me that perhaps my faith was not in who God is, but rather how can God work according to my requests. It did seem as if my prayers consisted of supplication, there was little of "seeking His face", and not surprisingly, I wasn't seeing results either, in my personal growth or any answered prayer.
Yet, seeing results is not true faith either, true faith has to begin with "seeking His face" simply because of who God is. Faith is believing without seeing and when we have this kind of faith, only then with these pure motives will we see real miracles.
It seems there are two kinds of faith (in the realm of what I am speaking of), the kind of faith based on God's performance and what He can do for me. I don't know for sure, but it also seems this kind of faith would cause the person to be inconsistent. I am not saying that God's work is not awesome and worthy to be seen - it is! Yet, a person who simply relies on God's response to their prayers would be on and off hot and cold for the Lord. When God answers - we are spot on, when He doesn't - then we are cold.
A person who has faith in who God is (not at all in what He has done), then it seems we can be more consistent in our walk with Him, our journey would be solid, our feet would be steadfast. If God is inactive, He could be accomplishing more at that time, then if he was active. Our ways are not His ways, our understanding is limited.
Genuine faith walks solidly with God for who He is, not for the results we might be able to get from Him, it's a faith that is not moved, because God is not moved.
Hope this makes sense.
God bless!
Yet, seeing results is not true faith either, true faith has to begin with "seeking His face" simply because of who God is. Faith is believing without seeing and when we have this kind of faith, only then with these pure motives will we see real miracles.
It seems there are two kinds of faith (in the realm of what I am speaking of), the kind of faith based on God's performance and what He can do for me. I don't know for sure, but it also seems this kind of faith would cause the person to be inconsistent. I am not saying that God's work is not awesome and worthy to be seen - it is! Yet, a person who simply relies on God's response to their prayers would be on and off hot and cold for the Lord. When God answers - we are spot on, when He doesn't - then we are cold.
A person who has faith in who God is (not at all in what He has done), then it seems we can be more consistent in our walk with Him, our journey would be solid, our feet would be steadfast. If God is inactive, He could be accomplishing more at that time, then if he was active. Our ways are not His ways, our understanding is limited.
Genuine faith walks solidly with God for who He is, not for the results we might be able to get from Him, it's a faith that is not moved, because God is not moved.
Hope this makes sense.
God bless!