Faith Like Paul

One of the things I've thought a lot about this week is faith. Whenever I get to thinking about faith, I also think about fear that prevents us from acting on faith. Tomorrow is a big day for me. It will be the first day that I am substituting as a teacher. I've never actually been in a classroom of students for a whole day by myself before, but I'm confident that the Lord will help me through the day. Luckily, I'm subbing for one of the ladies from my church, so I talked to her beforehand and am confident that I am as prepared as I'll ever be. I'm definitely going ot be praying all the way to the school tomorrow. :) Aside from that, I've just been thinking about how powerful faith is. It is the complete basis of Christianity, and without it, my salvation in the Lord would just be nothing. Faith is what gets you into Heaven. It's not being a good person, or doing more good than bad. It's not being the richest person or the most beautiful. It's faith. It's trusting in the Lord and believing on Him. It's His grace that gets us there. Only through the death, burial, and ressurection of Jesus Christ did our path to Heaven get paved. Some verses that stick out to me are Romans 3:23-24 (KJV), "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus." These verses say that we've all sinned, meaning we all make mistakes. We aren't perfect, no matter how hard we try, so God had to make a way for us to be worthy. The only way He could do that was to send His Son, Jesus, to take our place. "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 6:23, KJV) Today I am challenging myself and others to remember the faith that you had to ask Jesus into your heart. It may have been some time since you've acted on that kind of faith. I'm challenging myself to follow God's will rather than my own, and I'm doing so by spending more time in my Bible and in prayer on a daily basis. I hope you can do the same.