What Faith Can Do?

If there were one thing I would really want to improve on in my life right now, it would be focus and up my faith level. It’s so strange because for most of my 23 years in life, I had not too many problems with that. The only time I do lose focus is when I start to think a lot, and that is what I have been doing this past week. It’s not like I am thinking bad things or being pessimistic about certain things, but I am thinking about a lot all at once and it has taken a toll on me. This not only tires me out, but I can’t really focus straight. Don’t get me wrong, this week was still really good and I got some thinking sorted out and seen God really work within the ministries I do here, but I still got a LOT more to think about and a LOT more to surrender to God.

At times, I want to put my hope and faith in people that I feel comfortable or close with, but even they won’t always come through for me, so I tend to bottle things internally. I know it's not good to just keep it all in to myself, but I honestly feel like even if I am able to tell people about my thoughts, I won’t be able to feel calm, but honestly speaking, sometimes I feel like I rather ask people than God. Maybe it is because I’d get an answer that I can audibly hear, whereas if I were to try and figure out what God wants from/for me, I won’t know for sure if I don’t take a leap of faith.

I looked up the word focus in the dictionary and I liked this definition the best:

 The state or quality of having or producing clear visual definition

I also looked up the word faith and here is what came out:

 Complete trust or confidence in someone or something

Do I have a clear visual definition of what is in front of me? Do I trust God with my future and the things have been clouding my mind? Is my faith really that small that I cannot fully trust in a God that created this universe? Asking these questions made me think of a song by Kutless – What Faith Can Do

Everybody falls sometimes

Gotta find the strength to rise

From the ashes and make a new beginning

Anyone can feel the ache

You think it’s more than you can take

But you are stronger, stronger than you know

Don't you give up now

The sun will soon be shining

You gotta face the clouds

To find the silver lining

I've seen dreams that move the mountains

Hope that doesn't ever end

Even when the sky is falling

And I've seen miracles just happen

Silent prayers get answered

Broken hearts become brand new

That's what faith can do

It doesn't matter what you've heard

Impossible is not a word

It's just a reason for someone not to try

Everybody's scared to death

When they decide to take that step

Out on the water

It'll be alright

Life is so much more

Than what your eyes are seeing

You will find your way

If you keep believing

Overcome the odds

You don't have a chance

(That's what faith can do)

When the world says you can't

It'll tell you that you can!

When I focus on the obstacles in front of me, then it seems like things are hopeless, but if I take a step back and focus in on the situation from a different perspective, I’ll be able to see what’s ahead and know that there is something to look forward to passed this roadblock. I am focusing on the wrong things; I want to focus on the never-changing God, the one who can make miracles happen. This Kutless song has certainly hit home, now to take some action and see what faith can really do.

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