I read through the book of Isaiah recently and this passage stood out to me:
“We were with child, we writhed in labor, but we gave birth to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth, and the people of the world have not come to life.” Isaiah 26:18
The phrasing of this passage slapped me in the face. It shows us that while we often writhe in labor—if we do it without God—we will give birth only to wind. As a driven person this causes me to stop in my tracks. And rightly so.
I heard an incredible story recently from some friends of ours. The dad of a 5 year old boy was telling me that they were sitting in church with his wife while their son was sitting next to them playing angry birds. That day, the pastor was describing the Trinity. He was referencing different analogies that are commonly used such as water and an egg. In the midst of this, my friend’s son stops his game and says, “Dad, it’s like this,” and then shows him the picture above on his phone.
Recently I was reading through Judges chapter 7 and I was reminded of how God often likes to move in our lives. Verse two lays out the situation clearly:
The LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me, ‘My own strength has saved me.’ “
If you know the story, God shrinks Gideon’s army from 32,000 men to only 300. It’s pretty obvious who deserves the credit for what happens next.
This post is part of a series on faith in the New Testament.
Here is a look at our fifth book in the New Testament filtering through all the examples we see of the word faith. This post will exhaustively look at every example we see in the book of Acts with a brief commentary on each.
By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through him that has completely healed him, as you can all see.
Here we have a healing attributed to a man’s faith. There is a coupling of faith and the name of Jesus in reference to the power that was displayed.
I came across Numbers chapter nine in my Bible reading plan this week. Verses 15-23 talk about the time when Israel had left Egypt and was wandering in the desert. Their method of when to camp and when to walk was totally dependent upon God.
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