The Faith I Didn't Know I Lacked

I used to think that faith was a blanket statement or shall I say a blanket gift. I have faith in God in so many areas and I thought it was universal until a great friend pointed out that there were areas in my life that I lacked faith in.

It is silly to think that I believe God with all of the big stuff and not the little things. I believe that God can move mountains for me. I believe that he can move my career forward. I believe that He will continue to make me excel in everything I touch. I believe when I am sick he can make me well, but for some reason I didn't trust that he would understand my emotions. I just never brought them to him or anyone else for that matter.

It is great to have godly friendship. I was talking to a friend and she told me have you ever brought your emotions to God? I said no. She said "why not? You bring everything else to Him." Of course I didn't answer. She proceeded to say "you trust God with everything else; you need to learn to trust Him with your emotions. You need faith in this area. He is the same God who makes your career excel." I said you are right in a quieter voice and said nothing else. If you know me, you know I'm not quiet often. She said "for someone who prays about everything, I'm shocked you are not praying about this, you should start praying about it. God took care my mental health problems from me and He can take care your emotions too."

I would love to tell you that I listened to her. But I was reading a devotional book two nights later and lo and behold God was speaking to me to remind me to bring everything to Him. I could not believe my eyes. The thing is I am really behind on the devotional, It's May and I am still in March, yet God knew I would need to read exactly this portion. God revealed The Faith I Didn't Know I Lacked to me.

God is so faithful. He is the God who cares about every intricate part of our being. What area do you lack faith in? If you asked me that a few weeks ago, I would have told you none. But today, I am asking you to look deep within especially the things that you are not praying about. If something is not working well in your life and you still never bring it to God, you are probably dealing with lack of faith in that area. It took me a while to come to that realization.

My prayer for you today is that you will learn to trust God in all areas of your life. Even the ones that feel hard to bring to Him. There is nothing too big or small to bring to Him.

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Xoxo,

DD