Devotional
Faith Through the Ordinary
'After that generation died, another generation grew up who did not acknowledge the LORD or remember the mighty things He had done for Israel.'
- Judges 2:10
- Judges 2:10
“If God would do miracles we would believe in him.” This is the cry of infant belief. A sort of devotion that needs constant petting if it is to survive. It is not based on a true knowledge of God but only on an experience of him. The problem with this kind of faith is that we as humans easily forget. When the excitement wanes and the initial enthusiasm dims, we get distracted and are easily enticed away toward other things.
The Israelites depended on the miraculous intervention of God to bring them through the desert from Egypt into the land they would conquer. Every step for them was one of faith, from the provision of food and water, to success in battle. But once they had won their victory, once their struggles were over and they finally settled into the blessing that God had won for them, they became distracted.
It is easy to be devoted to God when we are in the middle of a struggle, when we are craving for his intervention, when we depend on him, when we look for his miraculous intervention, when God breaks through in wonderful experiences of answered prayer and victory. But where is our devotion to him on the plateau of blessing? When the victory is won and life is routine and we do not need him as much, do we somehow forget about his greatness? The real measure of mature faith is not the experience of miracles but faithfulness and devotion to God in the ordinary. Let your devotion to God be deeper than the ups and downs of life experience.
God bless you and your family,
Brett
The Israelites depended on the miraculous intervention of God to bring them through the desert from Egypt into the land they would conquer. Every step for them was one of faith, from the provision of food and water, to success in battle. But once they had won their victory, once their struggles were over and they finally settled into the blessing that God had won for them, they became distracted.
It is easy to be devoted to God when we are in the middle of a struggle, when we are craving for his intervention, when we depend on him, when we look for his miraculous intervention, when God breaks through in wonderful experiences of answered prayer and victory. But where is our devotion to him on the plateau of blessing? When the victory is won and life is routine and we do not need him as much, do we somehow forget about his greatness? The real measure of mature faith is not the experience of miracles but faithfulness and devotion to God in the ordinary. Let your devotion to God be deeper than the ups and downs of life experience.
God bless you and your family,
Brett