Me: Gathering around the ole fireplace.
Prodigal: Yes, we are!
Me: Well then let me share about faith so we can use it today.
This is from the book Believe and Rejoice by James P. Gills, M.D.
That is the essence of abandoned faith to the Lord: giving everything wholeheartedly to Him–every worry, concern, desire, and goal. It is a faith that is not just in our minds; it is a faith that believes all the promises of God. We must have a total abandonment spiritually, totally trusting in the Lord. The joy in our hearts that comes from abandonment to Him keeps us from worrying about the cares of the day, the politics of the day, and the cynicism of the day. It lets us be concerned only about being totally abandoned and surrendered to the Lord.
It is when you can do no more. You have tried with your own wisdom everything and nothing has changed, then you are tempted to despair. No, now is the time for the Lord to work! We surrender and we trust. We trust and not worry because the Lord will give us faith and then He will act.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:6
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodialpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
