Beginning Faith's Journey

Faith is a gift. We can do nothing to earn it. This gives us immense relief, for if it could be earned, then we could be certain to do whatever we could do that would disqualify us from receiving it.

It comes to us purely because God is good. We do not understand why He calls us and bestows this gift on us, laying Himself vulnerable for more hurt. But we can experience and appreciate this gift for what it is and what it does.

There is one thin e can be sure of though. He does not give his gifts merely to make us comfortable. His gifts come with a practical purpose. Faith empowers us. We are no longer the helpless recipient of unmerited favour. Now we are an integral part of the solution He has mapped out - we become an agent of God's grace in ourselves - extending his favour to others that they too might be drawn to Him and experience a life of faith.


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