Monday, 20 February 2017

SELAH MONDAY- LIVING BY FAITH

LIVING BY FAITH 2nd Cor 5:7


The life of a Christian is such that is totally different from any other phase of life on earth because every other aspect of life is built on it. It is a life hinged on faith in God. All parts of the walk is faith dependent for, “we are saved by grace through faith” (Eph 2:8), “we are made righteous through faith” (Rom3:22), “we are justified (made right) through faith” (Rom 5:1), “we are called children of God through faith” (Gal3:26) and “we receive the promise through faith” (Gal3:2). Thus, Christian Living is a life, born out of faith, lived by faith and based on faith.

Since faith is an important factor of our lives as Christians, it is pertinent we consider how it is applied in our walk. In our scripture of consideration 2nd Cor5:7 we are charged to walk (live) by faith and not by sight, thus one who is not walking by faith is clearly living by sight.
To live by faith is to allow our lives and the decisions we make in life be based upon our faith (belief) in God while living by sight is to make life decisions based on what we see, feel and touch (the realm of the physical). In our world today, sight seems to be a better option because the sights we see tend to counteract our faith. We see things that negate our faith yet we ought to live by faith not by sight. This begs the question; what is the problem with living by sight?
The problem with living by sight can be learnt from Jesus’ encounter with Thomas Didymus as described in John 20:19-29 and God’s dealing with Abraham and Lot in Gen13:10-11 and listed below:
  1)  It is a limitation (vs 27-28): Thomas believed because he saw, felt the nail marks and touched the sides of Jesus. His mind was reduced to these three dimensions; seeing, feeling and touching. These are not bad in themselves because they make one sure of what he or she is doing but they come with a limitation. They make belief in the supremacy of God and supernatural impossible. They makes you live in the realms of men and not the heavenly, thus making you live in total disbelief of the word of God. Dr Yongi Cho in his book “The Fourth Dimension” teaches that man lives in the realm of three dimensions but God, His Spirit and works exist in a dimension he called The Fourth Dimension. Living by sight (Seeing, Feeling and Touching) does not recognize this fourth dimension and cannot live by it and anyone who come to God must come believing that He exist.

  2)   Miss the blessing of Living by Faith (Vs29). : There is a blessing (an impact from the divine) attached to living by faith. This, I believe, is seen in the quality of the decision made when made in faith compared to that made by sight. This blessing eludes anyone who chooses to live by sight. Every decision has its own consequences. Decisions made based on sight (see, feel and touch) no matter how carefully made lacks the blessing of the most High thus its quality when tested never stands.

  3)  Leads to destruction (Gen 13:10-11, Gen3:6): Lot Abram’s nephew was to make a choice on where to live and he LOOKED around casting HIS EYES on the plains of the Jordan and choose it. He never knew that was Sodom and Gomorrah a place that had a stench before God. The land he chose already had an outcry reaching God and God was going to destroy it a few chapters later but at the moment it appeared watered and Lot chose it based on what he saw. Sometimes we make life decisions based on what we have seen without consulting anyone even God, not knowing we are headed to destruction. In Gen 3:6, Eve LOOKED and SAW that the fruit on the tree was good for food and PLEASING to THE EYE then, she concluded that it was desirous for gaining wisdom. A decision that led to fall of all mankind made on sight.

 SELAH!

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