holding back

Sometimes we hold back. We have the word of the Lord, yet our uncertainty about how things will come to be causes us to wait . . . to wait and see what God will do. And in our waiting, we do nothing. This is not born of faith.

When we wait, and do nothing, our life has a void in it. Where there should be participation and partnership with God, there is an ever-widening emptiness. In this emptiness, bitterness grows. Bitterness is like mold that grows in the dark hidden places. If we do not walk in the light of faith, we walk in the guess-work of our own counsel and in the error of our own wisdom.

Walking in faith is walking in the light because faith is based on the Word of God (Rom 10:17). The Word gives Life and Light.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that been made. In Him was Life, and that Life was the Light of men.” (Jn 1:1-4).

Because God has spoken the Word, we get to know Him better when we read, think and act upon it, and our faith grows. However, walking in the darkness will not give us the opportunity to know God better. Let us once again remember those words spoken to us by our Lord, and serve Him, actively pursuing the accomplishment of that which God has spoken. Then we will be walking in faith and no root of bitterness will remain in us. Amen.