Spiritual Strength For Each Day
“In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him” (Ephesians 3:12).
God cannot be experienced through feelings but through faith in Jesus Christ.
I would have given up long ago if I had relied on my feelings, which are sometimes positive, other times negative. But through faith I can live in uninterrupted fellowship with Him without feelings, even in the greatest trials and storms. Faith is a mystery, yet it is so wonderfully simple: namely, to surrender in spirit to the strong Lord. Then the words of the songwriter will become your living experience, “Safe in the arms of Jesus, safe on His gentle breast.” This will only become a continual experience, however, through reading the Bible and praying. Through the Bible God speaks to us, and through prayer we speak to Him. It is actually very simple. We receive everything that God offers us through Jesus Christ in childlike faith, not with our minds but with our hearts. The Lord says, “My son, give me thine heart” (Proverbs 23:26). If you have not yet done this, then do it today.
