A Dose of Faith

It’s amazing what a little dose of God can do.

Our God is not little, he is awesome, huge, wonderful, amazing, and bigger than life!

What I mean by ‘little’ is a little dose.  God does such amazing things in our lives.  Even the small doses make such an amazing difference in our day!

I have been having a bad time in school with a particular class.  I am angry, depressed, frustrated, disgusted, (the list can go on and on) when I leave this classroom.  Whether I am giving instruction, or they are working on an assignment, or collaborating there is noise and disruption.  No matter how many talks, kind lectures, angry lectures, and detentions… nothing works.  I don’t like myself in this class, I don’t like who I am when I leave the class.  I don’t like the depression that overtakes when I think of the class…

Then I realized…

I wasn’t taking God to class with me, I was trying to do it on my own.  I never prayed before or during this class.  I didn’t ask God how to handle this class.  I didn’t go to the bible for instruction on how to teach this group…  I am not big enough.  But even the smallest dose of blessing, the smallest dose of God’s peace that prayer brings, the smallest direction from the bible… makes a massive difference!

I prayed, I asked God.  God helped me maintain myself, my own spirit and personality, he helped me be strong and not let that 45 minutes take away my sanity.  He gave me a new way to handle situations in class.  He gave me strength and support.  The class was not miraculously better, I have to learn the lesson God wants me to learn through this class.  He wants this trial to grow me.  But the victory I saw in the first day… I left class as myself, not someone I hated, and not depressed or stressed or frustrated.  I left the class victorious.  I left the class hand in hand with Jesus.

Pray, go to God, it is amazing!

A closer look at Isaiah 40:31

Isaiah 40:31

Isaiah 40:31 is one of my favorite verses.  It speaks to me.  I didn’t find it on a T-shirt or mug, I found it about 10 years ago, in my bible.  I even had the reference along with a small pair of wings tattooed between my shoulder blades (again before I saw the wings on everyone).  It was a few years after I attached to it that I began seeing it everywhere.  Apparently it speaks to a lot of people.  If you are not familiar with it – it is written write above this blog, on a banner across the top of the page.   It is about the rewards of putting your trust in the Lord.

Anyway, what does it mean?

In the first line of this verse, God promises to give us strength if we trust in him.  We need strength for our daily lives, strength to keep our faith and trust. 

He promises we will soar on wings like eagles.  Imagine soaring the clouds, looking down far below.  The eagle flies peaceful and serene.  An eagle may feel separated.  Trust in the Lord and we can look at our problems from a new perspective, with the separation and peace and serenity that comes from trusting the Lord.  Everything has a different look to it when you step back and relax, when we soar above.

God promises that we can run or walk and not get tired or faint.  We can go through our lives at a fast run or determined walk, no matter the pace of our lives, we will not be worn down if we trust in the Lord.

Our faith will remain strong, our peace secure, our life secure in God’s loving arms.  Trusting in God means trusting His plan.  Trusting His plan means peace!  God gives us the peace and serenity to soar gracefully, absorbing his light and reflecting it to others.

Isaiah 40:31