different kinds of faith

rebekah.

a girl who grew into a woman through the pages of Genesis 24-26.

someone whose story i hadn't really chewed on... until today's bible study.

"i will go" were the words she said, when Abraham's servant asked her to leave immediately with him to a land she had never been to to marry a man she had never met and live a life she had never lived.

wow...

and yet, a few decades down the road, the same woman lacked the faith to trust God to fulfill the promise that He had given her when her twin sons were in her womb - that the elder would serve the younger. and so she took matters into her own hands (don't all women like to do that? =b heh)

same woman. different kinds of faith perhaps?

as i pondered on that, i realised that maybe there are different kinds of faith. to simplify matters... i see it as simply:

1. trusting God for the unseen

2. trusting God for the impossible

Abraham and Rebekah both trusted God for the unseen, venturing into a land they had never gone, now knowing what the future would hold for them. this kind of faith - i can say i am growing in. i see it developing in my life. not just irresponsible faith, but risky faith, that counts the cost that is seen, and trust God in what is unseen or uncertain.

but faith in the impossible? well, this kind of faith is harder for me to act out. when things aren't going my way, when times are tough, when people don't seem to change... i realised i have a lot less faith when it comes to trusting God to be in control of these 'impossible' situations, when nothing seems to be going as planned.

in forerunner, we have a saying - It's His show anyway! i see myself as having to grow in this area. to trust God to run the show His way on His terms, and that whatever results is not because He couldn't achieve the alternative, but because He has chosen to work things out that way...

how strong is your faith? in what areas so you need to grow in trusting God? just some food for thought... =)