AM I FAITHFUL?

I was watching an interview with Priscilla Shirer talking about her book The Resolution for Women. She made the comment that someone could be a person of faith and not be a faithful person.

Made me straight up hit the pause button.

I backed the video up and listened again.

Hit that pause button again.

I wasn't sure I wanted to watch anymore.

More pointedly that I didn't want to hear anymore.

For the record I did. Watched and listened to the whole thing.

Because I knew that was me on so many levels.

Did I say was?

Is would be better.

More truthful.

Examples?

Sure.

I have faith that eating well and exercise will help me to lose weight, feel better about myself, and improve my health.

Am I faithful to that belief in my choices?

Clearly not.

I have faith in good budgeting. I believe it will free us up from a good deal of stress and allow us to bless others.

Do my choices back that up consistently?

Not yet.

I have complete faith in the Word of God. I do not doubt its power.

Is it always a priority in my life? Do I choose to place it first every day.

Not this week.

I have faith that God's plans are better than my plans.

Yet I still choose my own.

It's that disconnect.

Between what I say I believe and what I do.

What I say I believe and what rages in my thought life.

What I know to be Truth and what I let my flesh tell me is truth.

Sometimes, you may see the disconnect in me.

Sometimes you won't.

God always does.

And I always know.

Even in the little choices.

I usually know.

And I still choose.

I still let that doubt, that disconnect, creep in.

I give into the flesh instead letting the fruit of Spirit grow.

As many times I choose the disconnect, Christ always chooses to connect.

Him to me.

Me to Him.

Everyday, He is a man of faith that is eternally faithful.

It's time I started closing the gap on that disconnect.

It's time for me to be a faithful person of faith.

In the small as well as the big, although I think sometimes the big is easier.

You know the next line...

Because ultimately,

I choose.

God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Corinthians 1:9 (NKJV)