“The LORD appeared to
Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land " So he
built an altar there to the LORD who had appeared to him.”
Do you build
altars when God appears in your life?
Abram built
something to remind him of the time God showed up and made a promise. We should do the same thing.
It can be a
journal, or a scrapbook… or a “God box” with note cards or trinkets in it
… maybe just a calendar with stars on
the days God delivers …but we need to do something that documents the times God
has shown His power in our lives.
We need this
because, when we are threatened, we have a propensity to forget all the times
He has delivered us. It is astonishing
how quickly we revert to fear.
Like the
Israelites who began questioning God’s love for them soon after God had
miraculously split the ocean for them to cross.
Or like Peter, literally standing on the water and questioning God’s
ability to handle a wave. It defies
logic, yet we all are susceptible to it.
Strengthen
your faith by becoming intentional about documenting God’s victories in your
life. Build altars and routinely sit and
review the amazing things God has done.
God’s work is always easier to see when you look back at it.
Faith is not
a blind leap. It is facing today without fear because of what God did
yesterday. Build an altar to remind
yourself. Be still and remember the
grace He has shown you in the past, then confidently walk into your future.
“Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.” Martin Luther
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