Living by Faith
Day 4
I am grateful for my faith in God.
Anyone whose has ever taught in my hometown is probably familiar with a team of people who visit schools during August, dressed like undertakers. They're actually insurance salesman. They are polished and ready to sale you their bill of goods, maybe even some oceanfront property in Arizona. Every new school year we were forced to sit through their presentation and one guy would even incorporate his faith into his presentation, quoting scriptures and everything.
One year I got it into my head that I wanted to slay this dragon of fear mongering. I didn't care to hear the presentation. I did not want to be corralled into the boardroom for a personal presentation. I had better things to do like set up my classroom. So I prayed that God would give me a scripture as shield of defense. It just so happened when I was called to the boardroom I got the preacher salesman. He goes into his testimony then offered the goods to which I replied "no thanks." Of course he couldn't let me off the hook that easily since I had purchased something in the past. I replied, (*Drumroll Please*) "The just shall live by faith". The man's chin hit the table, left speechless for about 3 seconds, stuttered a little, picked up and kept going. The lady sitting next to him burst into laughter, shrugged her shoulders and said "Well", implying " she got you on that one". He made yet another offer and this time I said a little more confidently, "No thank you, The just shall live by faith." He finally gave up and let me go.
This run-in was not just a momentary experience, it set me up to live it out. I opened my big mouth to declare my faith publicly, and it turned me towards God. I had to lean on Him. It's so easy to believe we have everything under control, when in reality control as we know it is mass delusion, let one thing happen and in minutes you could lose everything. With my faith in God, even if I lose everything this life has to offer, I lose nothing because I have Him, for this I am most grateful! ❤️
““Look at the proud one, His soul is not right within him, But the righteous will live by his faith [in the true God].”
HABAKKUK 2:4 AMP
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