Faith over Fear

Oh taste and see that the Lord is good , blessed is he who takes refuge in Him - Psalms 34:8

There is a miracle fruit which is also know as Synsepalum dulcificum ! When someone has this fruit their tastebuds are temporarily rewired and anything that is had in the next few hours tastes sweet .The secret to the fruit’s taste-transforming power is in a protein called miraculin. You can have anything that’s sour, pungent or spicy but since your taste buds are re-wired everything that you eat will taste sweet. 

 

Each of us go through life’s storms in some form or the other . Some bitter experiences , hurts , betrayals , health issues or challenges of some sort . And those of us who have experienced God's love and saving grace can confidently proclaim like the psalmist David , 'Oh taste and see that the Lord is good' . So the Miracle fruit temporarily rewires our taste buds but our knowing God and our walk with Him can forever rewire our faith and trust in Him. 

A good friend of mine was in a big limbo - her house lease was up for renewal and she wanted to move out to a slightly bigger place but the question was “whether to shift  in the midst of this covid scenario or postpone it to next year"? . However the decision was taken in favour of moving out and the advance payment made . Once the decision to shift was taken,the next most difficult phase was the questions by friends and relatives . They started to sow fear into her mind and how this step probably would end up putting the family and kids in a spot by exposing them to the virus .

It's like when the rubber meets the road , her faith got tested really hard in the weeks that ensued . She would call me and speak of her fears , worries and concerns . Her fears were very real and true . They had people walk into their home, they had to step out several times in lieu with the move, the packers and movers would be coming . May be someone would be a carrier of the virus!!!.Every thing in the house big and small would be touched by them and sanitising them all would be next to impossible. Wow , there was a situation at hand . We did what we could do best in such a situation , we prayed together . She slowly started to lean on God and not on her understanding or the situation at hand .

It’s exactly two weeks now that they have shifted to their new house and what she told me made me realise that she has stepped up to a new level in her faith in God. She said the following Bible verses was never as real and meaningful to her:

“Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.” Psalms 127:1 NIV

Well all that I could feel was joy in knowing that her faith had got tested and she did well. She knew that her fears were valid but her trusting God in everything , was all that was needed . 

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”[Hebrews 11:1] 

So faith is taking the first step , even when we don’t see the whole staircase . We might be on the first step of this stairway of faith , we might trip , we might fall, we may take two steps backward , but what's important is to rise up , retrace your steps back into that stairway of faith . 

For we all must die one day, thats inevitable but why die each day in our fears when we have a choice to trust God and live each day to its fullest knowing that He has got us covered. For we walk by faith and not by sight [2 Corinthians 5:7].