Trust, Faith and Believing is your Foundation!

Do you believe God?  Maybe I should start by asking do you believe in God.  Do you believe that God sent His son to die for your sins, and mine?  Do you believe that you have the ability to accept this free gift and enter into eternity with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit? 

Do you believe in heaven?  Do you even believe in yourself?

Some of these questions can be difficult questions to face, acknowledge, and then answer but I believe all of these questions rest on the shoulders of each other.

There has to be a base to life, a solid foundation, and so is the same thing with your faith, there has to be a base, a solid foundation.  You must have a footing, a hard surface, a rock to build your foundation upon, or your structure will crumble.

For many of us, this can be a hard thing to surrender to, because we have foolishly believed that we are in control of our lives, and please highlight the foolish part.  We seem to forget or disconnect from the idea that there is a savior guiding us into being.  That there is a supreme being that is calling the shots, not just for us, but for everyone and thing around us.

Our lives, our worth, our value and our purpose is connected to our foundation, and to what is our foundation.  If your foundation is in yourself, your works, or what you can achieve, than you are bound to fail, and your structure is doomed to fall apart. 

The unraveling might not be quickly, it might not happen overnight, but trust me, it will happen.   When you put your faith and trust in yourself, in your own abilities you are closing the door to the one who truly has given your life. 

It says in the Bible that man will not live by bread alone, but on every word that comes out of the mouth of God.  (Matthew 4:4)  When you live your life based on yourself, your own abilities, you are living on bread, you are trying to live a fulfilled life on one thing, and it takes so much more to make a whole person than bread alone. 

But when you build your life, your faith, your belief system on God and every word that comes out of His mouth, than you are living a full life, you are building your life upon the rock, the solid foundation.  When you build your life upon the sand, your life will be washed away by the tides, but when you build your life upon the solid rock, that is your God, you are building your life upon a firm foundation that will withstand the tides and the storms.

This to me is all based on your foundation, and your foundation; I believe is where your faith and belief systems lie.  When you have the trust in yourself, than you will crumble eventually, but when we place our belief and trust in God, we are sure to prevail and live an abundant life.

In Matthew 21:21-22 Scriptures, I am sure we are all familiar with to some extent; we see the authority we hold when we place our trust and faith in God.

(21) And Jesus answer them, Truly I say to you, if you have faith ( a firm relying trust) and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to this fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and cast into the sea, it will be done.  (22) And whatever you ask for in prayer, having faith and (really) believing you will receive.

These two verses are life giving verses, they are encouraging words and truths that we need to hear and understand daily, but we need them to hold the power that they do, and not just let the words fill us for a moment, and then fall to the wayside.

These words are telling us that we have the ability to do and withstand anything that comes against us, because we have our faith in God and not in ourselves, or our fellow man.  Jesus is saying that no matter what fear, worry, storm or pressing life issue is happening as long as you stay tethered and adhere to the faith that God has given to you, you will be able to defeat it.  You will rise and you will overcome because you can speak to a mountain, in faith, and tell that mountain to move and it shall be done.

Can you imagine saying to that mountain, or mole hill, in your life be gone, and it flees you?  Can you imagine the authority and confidence you would have in your God to see things like that happen?   Well I am sure you have, and I am sure if you take some time to think you can bring to memory the mountains and storms that you have taken the authority given to you, through Faith, from Jesus and have conquered them. 

When we understand, and rest, in the power we have in the Blood of Jesus, we have the ability to do anything and ask for anything.  Matthew 21:22 And whatever you ask for in prayer, having faith and (really) believing you will receive. 

I don’t believe that we truly grasp, myself included, the sheer magnitude and strength that Jesus has given to us.  This is where we start to build our foundation, these are the roots that need to be formed and deepened in our lives so that we can speak the verses in Matthew and know in our hearts these things are true, and will happen for me, and for you.

When you allow God’s words to take root and sprout in your heart, spirit and soul you are not living by bread alone, but by every word that comes from God.  You are placing your trust and faith in Him and His word and not in yourself or your abilities. 

You are building your life upon the rock and not the sand.  These verses, though you might not see it, to me are the verses we need to build our lives around.  These verses are the foundation of our faith and the foundation of our lives.  They give us hope, life, speak truth and give us the authority we need to live a victorious life.

Jesus died on the cross to give us life,  life in abundance, to the full, till it overflows and these verses, I believe, are the foundation to the well of living water that Jesus has for us, if only we believe and have faith in them!!