04/04/2026
Recently my faith has been challenged on a very personal level.... here's my story.
But first, what is faith? Hebrews 11:1 states,
"Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see."
Let me start by going back a few months around September / October. The Lord was softly whispering to my Spirit that He desired me to participate in an extended fast at the beginning of the year. As time grew closer to the New Year, the confirmation in my Spirit grew stronger. So on January 1, I began a fast of mostly water only. I didn't know for how long but I did know that I was contending for many things, near and dear to my heart. I fasted for 12 days before the Lord released me. I was full of expectancy of what the Lord was going to do in the future as a result of that consecrated fast with Him.
But instead of seeing amazing moves of God intervening in those prayer points, they seemed to get worse! Scenarios I thought I had dealt with and learned from, came haunting back. It felt like blow after blow to my heart. What was the Lord doing?!
As I went to prayer about it, I felt clarity that there were still things that needed alignment: some in me, some in others, some in provisions but to trust that He was allowing all this to get to the promises He had given.
One day as I was contemplating how difficult things had been, my faith was challenged. Not only did I question, "Did I hear God rightly - cause things sure aren't going like I thought they would." I had to ask myself, "Do I have faith in what God promised even though I'm not seeing the fulfillment yet?" I mean that is the Biblical definition of faith!
I have to admit I had to chuckle to myself. God has a sense of humor. Years before He had led me to write about heros of faith from Hebrews 11 and now here I stand, the author, grappling with the very content I wrote about!
It truly was a Divine Challenge.
As I considered what can be learned from these heros of faith, I grabbed ahold of the Truth that they were given promises and that because they believed without seeing first, they were counted as faithful and righteous before the Lord. God was pleased with a heart of saying, "Yes, Lord, I believe what you've said even though right now, I'm not seeing it." Some of these heros faltered as they waited in faith. Abraham took matters into his own hands, trying to make the promise happen only to make a mess of things.
But that didn't stop God from being faithful!
There did come a time when the promise given was fully realized: it became reality.
So, I started praising Him for His Promises and believing He will deliver on those Promises even if everything looks contrary. To deeply trust that He's at work even if i can't see it yet.
And tonight as I surveyed my situation, I smiled. Because I was seeing glimpses of God on the move!
To be encouraged in your faith, check out my book, "H.E.R.O. of Faith" here: https://a.co/d/03fJriS9
