What causes stepping out in faith to build our faith?
I like that picture that Jesus gives us about the promise of the Holy Spirit in John 7 as related to "streams of living water". Too often we try and dam up that stream and keep it for ourselves when the goal of the Holy Spirit is to "flow" through you.
We have been praying for some time about some friends from another group that is not generally favorable to Christians. While many of this group like Jesus they have been hurt and wounded by others who try and make them conform to God's word. Last night we had a great heart to heart with several of the leaders of this group. One in particular shared their story about the hurt that they went through. It helped me to understand why they did not seem to like us for the first year or so that we knew them.
Thankfully love breaks through. God desires to work through us and even though it may seem to take time He IS working.
The best way to see God's blessing in our lives, let Him flow through our lives. We need to do more than seek His hand, we need to be His hands.
