The Leap Of Faith

Today I read in Acts 1, Daily Light, and My Utmost For His Highest. All three took me to the subject of faith and caused me to look at my own exercise of faith in those things that God has called me to do. I read 1 Timothy 6:12 “Fight the good fight of the faith. take hold of the eternal life to which you were called.” Oswald Chambers says that walking by faith is a fight always, not sometimes. In Acts 1:24 the disciples prayed, asking the Lord to show them what man among them should take the place of Judas, thus becoming one of the twelve in the early church. Prayer is always an act of faith, a leap at times, trusting that God hears, and God answers. And then, they made the choice, trusting by faith, that God was directing them.

And so, I ask myself today, “How am I doing in my own walk of faith?” Am I stepping out by faith? Sometimes even leaping, by faith? The leap comes when the task is impossible, so big in fact, that failure is certain unless God does a mighty work. Some in the past have referred to a leap of faith as almost a blind faith. For us, having the incredible gift of God’s Word, it’s an objective faith. So for me, the leap of faith is a boldness based on what God says in His Word. The opposite would be timidity and fear, failing to launch out on the promises of God. I want instead to trust Him with all my heart, press through to such a great faith in His Word that I literally leap into His plan and purpose each day, following Him every step of the way.

Oswald Chambers said today: “Jesus Christ demands of the man who trusts Him the same reckless sporting spirit that the natural man exhibits. If a man is going to do anything worth while, there are times when he has to risk everything on his leap, and in the spiritual domain Jesus Christ demands that you risk everything you hold by common sense and leap into what He says, and immediately you do, you find what He says fits on as solidly as common sense. At the bar of common sense Jesus Christ’s statements may seem mad; but bring them to the bar of faith, and you begin to find with awestruck spirit that they are the words of God. Trust entirely in God and when He brings you to the venture, see that you take it. We act like pagans in a crisis, only one out of a crowd is daring enough to bank his faith in the character of God.”

Lord, today as I work on the project you have assigned to me, I am banking my faith on Your wisdom, brilliance and power to accomplish all in the power of Your Holy Spirit. Help me to take that gigantic leap of faith, trusting what you say more than how I feel or what I see. And may You get all the glory. In Jesus’ name, Amen.