Dependent on God

In our nation today, there is a cry on one side for independence from the intrusiveness of government. Others promote interdependence while still others call for total dependence. Each side positions itself; spouting the advantages of their position while postulating the disadvantages of the others. What results is the visceral and vitriolic war of words between pundits. As Americans we cherish our independence. Yet God wants us to be dependent upon Him. Too often we find that we are straining and yearning for independence when what is needed is dependency; to be specific dependency on God and not upon human governments or ideologies. Churches become stagnant pools of religious activity and proclivities that suit more the whims of those attending than that which God desires. The air becomes stale; filled with the redundancies of religious rhetoric rather than the Spirit’s movement in their midst. God used Isaiah and Jeremiah to speak to the nation of Israel about these issues. Can it be that we are seeking to displace our dependence upon God with independence or interdependence? Are we forsaking the Fountain of Living Waters for the stale waters of leaking cisterns? It’s Food for thought. 

For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

Jeremiah 2:13

Just what is faith? Is it a blind leap into the unknown, a course of action that flies in the face of evidences that seems to indicate that it is an unreasonable course of action? No. Faith in Jesus Christ is not built upon fallacies but reasonable and cognizant conclusions that Jesus is indeed the Son of God. He fulfills the prophecies of Scripture with such precision as to leave no doubt. He did die on the cross as taught not just in Scripture, but recorded by secular as well as Christian historians, both modern and ancient. In the Bible record, Jesus predicted his resurrection following His crucifixion. The witness of the Bible states that this happened. Secular historians also record that an event took place that shook the world and caused the rapid expansion of Christianity. Faith is a commitment placed in something or someone. It is a trust. We come to place faith when we believe that we have enough upon which to place that trust in a thing or in a person. The evidences concerning Jesus are such that many an agnostic and atheist, upon a fair and thorough examination of the facts and evidences; comes to conclude that Jesus is all the Bible says He is and all He claimed to be. He is Lord!