Absolute Faith
I am pondering this morning on (1 Peter 1:6-9) where it says "Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see Him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls."
I preached on the clouds not to long ago in the Bible and got to thinking about the clouds this morning and how they can make a beautiful sunset. Absolute faith in God produces great beauty and strength in the fire of testings and trials in our lives.
Did you know as a believer that absolute faith always has the potential to produce beauty and strength. O how our faith is so important in our walk with the Lord each day because it gives to us a combination of qualities and abilities that become evident over the years in our work, defeat, victories, blood, sweat, and even sorrow and tears when they come. In other words, no corners can be cut to get where we are today in our Christian lives. The benefits of building our faith in what we do in our occupation dims in comparison to the benefits of building our faith in God. This is because deep faith in God produces eternal accomplishments. When we determine as God's children to place God first in our lives, then every affliction becomes a cloud producing a more beautiful sunset. It more powerfully reveals the reason for our existence and that is, to bring glory to God. To also be a light to the lost who are watching us that they might see Jesus. In other words, it means every affliction we go through is a greater opportunity to make the Son beautiful to those who are around us and change someone's eternity.
When we give honor, praise and glory to God during our times of trials, we have an ever greater opportunity to shine for His glory and point others to Him. A diamond does not sparkle until it is cut with a laser and the dull outer surface is scraped and polished. Then the sparkle is magnified by light. When we know Jesus as our Savior and Lord, He lights His fire in us. The storms we go through in life cut and scrape the dull exterior which hides Him. He is the best part of who we are. As we are refined, we get even more of an opportunity to refract and reflect His beauty. As the clouds magnify the glory of the setting sun, so too, does the born again believer who allows the Son to shine through their storms and magnify God's glorious presence. Praise His Holy Name!!
-Pastor Dennis McCoy
I preached on the clouds not to long ago in the Bible and got to thinking about the clouds this morning and how they can make a beautiful sunset. Absolute faith in God produces great beauty and strength in the fire of testings and trials in our lives.
Did you know as a believer that absolute faith always has the potential to produce beauty and strength. O how our faith is so important in our walk with the Lord each day because it gives to us a combination of qualities and abilities that become evident over the years in our work, defeat, victories, blood, sweat, and even sorrow and tears when they come. In other words, no corners can be cut to get where we are today in our Christian lives. The benefits of building our faith in what we do in our occupation dims in comparison to the benefits of building our faith in God. This is because deep faith in God produces eternal accomplishments. When we determine as God's children to place God first in our lives, then every affliction becomes a cloud producing a more beautiful sunset. It more powerfully reveals the reason for our existence and that is, to bring glory to God. To also be a light to the lost who are watching us that they might see Jesus. In other words, it means every affliction we go through is a greater opportunity to make the Son beautiful to those who are around us and change someone's eternity.
When we give honor, praise and glory to God during our times of trials, we have an ever greater opportunity to shine for His glory and point others to Him. A diamond does not sparkle until it is cut with a laser and the dull outer surface is scraped and polished. Then the sparkle is magnified by light. When we know Jesus as our Savior and Lord, He lights His fire in us. The storms we go through in life cut and scrape the dull exterior which hides Him. He is the best part of who we are. As we are refined, we get even more of an opportunity to refract and reflect His beauty. As the clouds magnify the glory of the setting sun, so too, does the born again believer who allows the Son to shine through their storms and magnify God's glorious presence. Praise His Holy Name!!
-Pastor Dennis McCoy
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