"When the Son of Man comes,
will he find faith on the earth?" (Luke 18:8 NIV)
We find ourselves in the middle of a dense fog above
the tree line on Mount Washington. We can't even see our hands in front of our
faces, no matter how hard we try to wriggle them. How are we supposed to find
our way to the top?
We wander left and right, wondering about the piles of
rocks we find here and there. Could they possibly show us the way? Who knows?
Better stay away from them.
So we wander aimlessly, never finding our way home.
Does this sound familiar?
In this world there is a lot of confusion. We really
are walking as if we were in the middle of a dense fog. Who can be trusted? Who
tells us the truth? How can we find happiness? The earthly pressures are way too
much for our poor minds, and we keep wandering around blindly!
"Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then
we shall see face to face." (1 Cor 13:12 NIV)
However had we known that those piles of rocks on
Mount Washington were cairns, erected to keep trekkers from getting lost in the
fog, we would have found our way to the top without difficulties.
The same is true in this world. God's Word and His
Holy Spirit are the cairns that will keep us from wandering blindly around. But…
the Bible is worthless if we don't put our faith in the One who provided His
Word.
If we put our faith in our mighty loving God, not only
will we no longer be lost, but we will have the capacity to move things in His
name!
"If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can
say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will
obey you." (Luke 17:6 NIV)
Not only that. Too often we look at what Jesus did on
our planet and decide that such miracles would not happen in our day and age.
It's a thing of the past. It's not part of our present.
This may sound like truth in our ears, but it most
assuredly does not sound like truth
to God: "I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have
been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the
Father." (John 14:12 NIV)
Did we read this right? Jesus boldly declared that we,
living in the 21st century, "will do even greater things than" what Jesus did,
because Jesus will support us!
What did Jesus do while living on our planet?
"Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the
Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles
themselves." (John 14:11 NIV)
But if we can do miracles in the name of Jesus, why
don't we see them more often
in our own life time?
The only conclusion we can come to is this: "When the
Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?" (Luke 18:8 NIV)
Who do we really believe? Who do we trust with all of
our hearts, souls, and minds?
If it isn't in Jesus, we are truly lost!
Rob Chaffart
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