Where is your faith?

17 January, 2011

Read Luke 8:22-25

“Where is your faith?” he asked his disciples. (Luke 8:25)

"God help those who help themselves", we hear this often enough. Some Christians may even think this is in the Bible but
it is not.

If we can help ourselves then we have no need for God at all.

Faith must be absolute. If you are still relying on yourself, your faith is lacking. Unless your faith is NOT in yourself but God,
you have no faith.

People think of faith in measuring terms - how many percentage? 10 or 80 percent, etc.

But the Bible speaks of faith in WHO not how much.

Faith to be faith must be absolute. Either you trust him or you don't. Because faith is in a Person.

That is why the disciples' reaction to Jesus' calming the storm is the question, 'Who is this?' (v.25)

If Jesus is Lord of the Universe, He can be and must be trusted. Period.

If i only trust Him for certain things and not for others, i am saying He is not Lord of the Universe. Therefore He is
lying? Not trustworthy? or i am faithless?

When it comes to faith, it is an either/or option. Either we trust him or we don't.

Instead of saying, 'God help those who help themselves'. It may be more accurate to say, "We help ourselves when we
realize fully that we are helpless'.

Are we going through some storms in our lives right now? Are we still trying in some ways to get out of the situations
on our own? Are we still trying to help ourselves?

Prayer: Lord Jesus remind us again of who you are. The One who holds and rules the Universe, help us to come to you.
Draw us, Spirit, unless you draw us, we will still be relying on our pathetic self searching for frantic help. Open our eyes
to Who you are and may our faith be found in you alone. Amen.