A God-Centered Faith

God’s requirement of faith isn’t the same as the world views it. It takes a God-centered faith to comply with a God-sized task.

What then is a God-centered faith? A God-centered faith looks to God and not on success. It sees God as Sovereign and doesn’t focus on our expectations of what God will do. A God-centered faith melts self-centered fears. The inner substance of all our fears, aside from the fear of God, is self-preservation. Image-consciousness dominates us rather than obedience to God. A God-centered faith gets its strength from the presence of God, and its guidance, from His Word.

It took faith to cross the Jordan and conquer Canaan. This is the kind of faith that honors God; this was the kind of faith God wanted to develop in Joshua’s life as he led the most stubborn people of all. Joshua’s turn to lead the people of God had come. To some degree, this was a shock and a surprise for him. But the order came and as an obedient soldier, Joshua responded to his Commander.

This is the kind of faith God wants to develop in the lives of His leaders today. A person living a God-centered faith clings to only one promise—that God will walk with us. His only concern is winning God-glorifying victories by availing of God-supplied courage and grace. It also calms and later on, cancels our insatiable desire for self-recognition. Honor is for the Lord. Who the Lord honors, and how He’ll do it, is all up to Him. It is by this kind of faith that God wants us to cross our Jordan, conquer God-given Canaans, and enjoy a God-honoring victory.

This is an entry from Moments of Grace by Arnel C. Tan. This devotional is available at OMF Lit Bookshops and our online stores, shop.omflit.com , Shopee, and Lazada for P350. 
 

About the book:

Be challenged by this collection of 150 devotional and reflectiveessays, unlike most currently available devotional materials. Pastor Arnel focuses on a handful of dominant but recurring Bible themes, inviting us to interact. Topics in this collectioninclude:Self-sufficiency, wilderness experience, brokenness, celebrating grace, being still, commitment to the community.

Moments of Grace is for men and women seeking fresh Bible insights to stir up their spiritual experience. Food for thought for established Christians, pastors, ministry heads and small-group leaders.