Recovery Christian Center Daily Meditation - 3/19/12 - Faith in Action

"The apostles said to the Lord, “Show us how to increase our faith.” The Lord answered, “If you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘May you be uprooted and thrown into the sea,’ and it would obey you! “When a servant comes in from plowing or taking care of sheep, does his master say, ‘Come in and eat with me’? No, he says, ‘Prepare my meal, put on your apron, and serve me while I eat. Then you can eat later.’ And does the master thank the servant for doing what he was told to do? Of course not. In the same way, when you obey me you should say, ‘We are unworthy servants who have simply done our duty.’” Luke 17:5-10 NLT

Sometimes in this process we have to be reminded that God didn't intervene in our lives for us to be the masters. He saved us and helped us overcome our bondage to whatever manifestation of addiction or destructive behavior that brought us to life recovery in Christ so that we could use what He has done in our lives to attract others to Him. Our service to Him is simple gratitude for what He's done in our lives. We can't even ever begin to pay Him back for what He's done for us.

Unfortunately many of us operate under a sense of entitlement that because we're clean and in Christ that God owes us something. In truth He has already done the most wonderful thing He could ever do. We are saved and free. If God never did anything else that would and should be more than enough. It's time to show God some gratitude just for that.

Our faith grows by putting this gratitude into action. We serve Him and help others and He continues to work things out in our lives. No matter what the situation or the circumstances if we just put that small measure of faith that we already have into action and trust God, He will work it out because He loves us. God will not ask us to do anything He wont give us the ability to do.

Too many times we need to stop telling God how big our problems are and start telling our problems how big our God is!