Good Morning All,
Luke 17:5; “The apostles
said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”
I like to
watch football on TV. I prefer college to professional. Even way back when I was in high school and college,
I preferred college to professional. So
early in our marriage, just as VCRs came onto the market, I tried to record the
college game and then watch it later.
This way I could get some work done on Saturday and then either Saturday
night or Sunday afternoon, I would watch the game. It sounded like a good plan.
The trouble was trying to not
hear the final score of the game. It is
amazing how, when you don’t want to hear something, it was on the radio or on
the TV all the time. If I had wanted to
know the score, it would have probably never been on but it was and often. So, more often than not, I knew the final
score of the game before I began to watch it.
At first, that may sound somewhat boring. If you know who wins, why watch?
What became interesting were
the games that the team that won was way behind at one point. It was something to watch them mount their
comeback. There were more than a few
games that I would think; “I know that this team will win but I sure don’t see
how.” There were times, I really
questioned whether the news reporter had told me the right score. At times it looked like they were wrong but
in the end; they were always right.
We, as Christians, are sort
of in the same boat. We know how our
life and the world will end. It ends
with a beginning, a new beginning with the resurrection and the life
everlasting. We will live eternally,
with god, just like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. We will live victoriously forever. We know how it ends but there are times, if
we look around, we wonder how it could possibly happen. We are banged around and buffeted by the
world. We look around and our faith is
under attack and we wonder how it can possibly all work out. When we have times like that, we need to turn
to God and ask, “Increase our faith!”
We know who the victor is; we
need to have stronger faith that this is the way it will go. Having stronger faith will allow us to
weather the storms of life with far more confidence. It makes it easier to see the end of the
game. We can live confident that any
setback now, no matter how huge it looks now, is only a minor twist in the
journey of our life. God has promised us
victory and we can cling to that promise with all the certainty that there
is. To see the victory assured before
the game is even played is what faith is about.
We know we will win because God has promised it. We can see the victory and we can see it
clearer with a stronger faith; so we pray, Lord, increase our faith!
Father of mercy, increase
our faith! Draw us closer to you so that
we may cling tighter to you. Give to us
the clear eyes of faith to see the victory we have because of your grace. Be with those who are struggling at this
time. Preserve them by your loving
arms. Give them the assurance that they
too will share in the glorious inheritance with you in life everlasting. In the precious name of Jesus, our risen
Savior, amen
God’s Peace,
Pastor Bret
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