Fully Activated Faith

~~~ Job 42: 1-3, 5-6, 12-17 ~~~ Psalm 119 ~~~ Luke 10: 17-24 ~~~

 

Have you ever been totally blown away

by a close encounter with the Divine?

 

If you answered 'yes' then you can identify with the

seventy-two disciples in Luke's gospel.

 

The seventy-two disciples returned rejoicing and said to Jesus,
"Lord, even the demons are subject to us because of your name."

 

If you are open to allowing God to use you for his good.

You too will be overwhelmed while simultaneously be humbled.

When God uses you for good there should be no doubt

in your heart that it is God acting

and not your personal ability.

Pray for God to use you as an instrument of his own.

 

Blessed Mother Teresa believed that everything she did was parallel

with God's work on earth.

God sent Jesus to be one of us.

Jesus was the example of what it means to do the will of the Father.

The disciples we read about today experience a taste

of what it meant to have their faith fully activated.

 

When you have a close encounter with the Lord it is like

activating your new credit card or some other account.

 When your faith becomes fully activated

it follows that you can trust God to use you too.

 

"...All things have been handed over to me by my Father.
No one knows who the Son is except the Father,
and who the Father is except the Son
and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him."

Job, like us, has seen and experienced the workings of God

without being blessed with the understanding.

We can see and appreciate the things of God and still

not be given the grace of knowledge.

 God will always remain a wonderful mystery to us

in our human existence.

 

"...I have dealt with great things that I do not understand;
things too wonderful for me, which I cannot know..."

 

In Job's later years of life God blessed him abundantly.

All that had been taken away from him was abundantly restored to him.

Job was humbled by God's might and power.

Job never turned away from God, he remained steadfast

even in his darkest days.

 

Job experienced the out pouring of God's love for him while still on earth.

Some may not have this experience of God's love until they die.

Never doubt God's unfathomable love for you.

 

The psalmist sings in psalm 119

requesting God's blessing of discernment

in order to better understand his ways.

 

 

If we pray for God to give us understanding

we will have a better view point when things in our life

seem to be working against us.

 

Job is a perfect example for us to learn from.

God never abandoned Job.

God stood with Job in his suffering.

God blessed Job for his faithfulness.

 

God amazed the disciples of Jesus, giving them gifts of healing.

God blessed the disciples of Jesus, giving them words of conversion.

 

Look for ways in your life that indicate God is blessing you too.

Because trust me God is showering your life with gifts and blessings...

Are you ignoring them or celebrating them?

Only you know in your heart.

Be Blessed!

God is working wonders through you now today.