I believe in having crazy, wild, and absolutely
ridiculous - faith. Yes, I’ve been ridiculed for possessing this kind of faith,
but I’ve also reaped huge blessings from it as well. Hebrews 11:1 reads, “Now
faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”
Faith is the kind of thing where you prepare for things that haven’t manifested
just yet. Believers should grasp this but I’ve seen that many don’t, and this
is not okay. I’ve also watched sinners have unwavering faith, and have things
come together in their lives in incredible ways. To be honest, I used to feel
some type of way about that. I used to be like, God, are you kidding me? I’m saved, I live right. I pray, worship,
give, fast, and I’m faithful. How come they’re prospering over me like that? I
know that can be interpreted as judgmental, but when I would see unsaved folks
prospering over saved folks living for the Lord, sometimes, it left me
perplexed. Ultimately, I learned it’s none of my business how God decides to
bless someone else. What He does in someone else’s life, saved or unsaved, is
not my concern and whenever I start to feel some type of way, I try to shut it
down real quick. I don’t ever want to be mistaken for being a hater. Ever.
Anyways, when I started diving more into this faith thing, I recognized that as
I prayed and waited for different results, God was waiting on me and saying, I hear you, but where’s your faith? I
had faith but it needed to be refreshed. During this season of my life, I’ve
made some faith moves that were uncomfortable, scary, and didn’t guarantee the
results I’d hope for, but with each faith step forward, I noticed how God
rewarded my faith. The more I stepped, the more He showed up and delivered
beyond my expectations. Faith works, and radical faith really changes things. I’m not insisting that you go out and do
crazy things just because you want to
do them, (I have faith but I also believe in exercising wisdom) however, if you
sense that it’s time to activate your faith, do it. It can and will change your
life.
About a year ago, I had a dream my dad wanted to talk to our family about something serious. I wasn’t sure what he wanted to discuss, but I knew it was something I needed to prepare myself for. Around the time after I had this dream, I remember stopping by my parents place and sensing something was going on that they weren’t telling me. I tried to dismiss what I’d been feeling, but I couldn’t shake it. Something serious was happening. As I returned to my home after visiting them one day, I was in my kitchen washing dishes when a heaviness hit my heart like nothing I’d ever felt before. Something’s wrong with dad. That’s what that dream was about. God, what’s going on? As I continued washing dishes, I started crying and praying. Then in mid-spring, my dad held an unexpected family meeting that would change all our lives forever. He hesitated at first, and as his voice started cracking and he started crying, he said, “Well, I wanted to talk to ya’ll to tell you that I have kidney disea...