Is the measure of your faith determined by great exploits? Is our faith determined by how long we can wait or how spiritual we are in defeat? How does one measure one's own faith? How large or how much faith do you have? Jesus said to each is given a measure of faith, but He does not say what the measure is. Faith can be as small as a mustard seed; yet, it can move literal mountains. But, we should grow in faith and our faith should know no depth or height because we should be able to believe for the impossible. Still, the question remains. How do we measure our faith? I submit our faith is at different points in our journey. For the journey is not easy. It is full of obstacles and full of circling. Sometimes we have to cross the same river, walk through the same valley, climb the same mountain, believe for the same deliverance. But, is it really the same? It feels the same, it looks the same, all around me says its the same, but something is different. It doesn't smell the same. How can that be? Because this time you smell the aroma, the incense of worship. My faith is not measured by how much I say or praise but it is dependent upon my worship. Worship is deeper than an emotion. Worship is higher than just an encounter or an experience. Worship is wider than our circumstances. Worship is all of this and more for it reaches into your soul. It is all of who you are making a decision to press into the presence of Yahweh and being able to bless Him and thank Him for your trial.
The Anointing of Suffering
The word of God says we are to rejoice in our sufferings. We are to deem it a privilege to suffer as our Lord Jesus suffered. We are to walk in the fellowship of His suffering. "...for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ, and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His suffering...Philippians 3:10 nasb" Maturity is measured by your ability to walk through the concrete places with your hands lifted high and your mouth full of praise for the one you love most. Can you believe and trust that light will come from absolute darkness? The measure of your faith must exceed the measure of your doubt. Your measure of faith grows only in the dark. It can only be seen by the illumination of God's power and might through you. It can only grow in your dark, silent, tight secret and frightful place. When you are NOT seen, then He IS seen through you and in you. But, one thing that cannot be mistaken is the aroma left on your life. Like a person experiencing second-hand smoke from a dedicated nicotine fiend, so is the thick smoke that is left from the presence of the King. Your clothes, your hair, your skin, your breath smells like Him. For, the deeper the hole, the tighter the fit, the darker the dark and the lonelier the time, the greater the worship. The greater the worship, the greater your faith grows!
Indoctrination into the End Time Army
How does someone in the military increase in rank? The person in battle shines the brightest. He gains rank faster and greater than those not in battle. For the one in battle that fights and braves the circumstances and the enemy and can still fight some more is the one that is worthy of praise. So, Christian soldier, your measure of faith is determined on your knees crawling when you feel as if you can't stand up. The measure of your faith is determined with your hands lifted high when you feel the lowest. The measure of your faith is when you praise and press; when you have been counted out of the game and the battle all together. The measure of your faith is your worship meter. Though he slay me; yet, I will praise with all that is within me.
"Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? *Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God. Psalm 43:5 nasb"
The Anointing of Suffering
The word of God says we are to rejoice in our sufferings. We are to deem it a privilege to suffer as our Lord Jesus suffered. We are to walk in the fellowship of His suffering. "...for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ, and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His suffering...Philippians 3:10 nasb" Maturity is measured by your ability to walk through the concrete places with your hands lifted high and your mouth full of praise for the one you love most. Can you believe and trust that light will come from absolute darkness? The measure of your faith must exceed the measure of your doubt. Your measure of faith grows only in the dark. It can only be seen by the illumination of God's power and might through you. It can only grow in your dark, silent, tight secret and frightful place. When you are NOT seen, then He IS seen through you and in you. But, one thing that cannot be mistaken is the aroma left on your life. Like a person experiencing second-hand smoke from a dedicated nicotine fiend, so is the thick smoke that is left from the presence of the King. Your clothes, your hair, your skin, your breath smells like Him. For, the deeper the hole, the tighter the fit, the darker the dark and the lonelier the time, the greater the worship. The greater the worship, the greater your faith grows!
Indoctrination into the End Time Army
How does someone in the military increase in rank? The person in battle shines the brightest. He gains rank faster and greater than those not in battle. For the one in battle that fights and braves the circumstances and the enemy and can still fight some more is the one that is worthy of praise. So, Christian soldier, your measure of faith is determined on your knees crawling when you feel as if you can't stand up. The measure of your faith is determined with your hands lifted high when you feel the lowest. The measure of your faith is when you praise and press; when you have been counted out of the game and the battle all together. The measure of your faith is your worship meter. Though he slay me; yet, I will praise with all that is within me.
"Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? *Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God. Psalm 43:5 nasb"
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