"Faith Unfiltered"

Do you remember what pure faith is? Or has your faith become clouded and hard to see through? Why would something that was once so pure be so obscured? Battle scars maybe? How about defeat? Or maybe repeated defeat? No; maybe by now you thought things would be different, and you just can't see through all the stuff? Here is where things must be dealt with, and I don't mean that we must deal with it; because really we can't. For one, we really would not know where to begin; but I know someone who does; and His name is Jesus. Okay, right about now you might be wondering what I am getting at. You see; when we first came to Christ, our faith was pure, and it was based solely upon our trust in Jesus. Then we began to start our walk; which at first was pure, because it was the walk of a child. But just when we thought we had it down, down we went, and it was like: "Where did that come from?" So, back to the cross we went; hoping for a new start: Mistake number one. And then on we went; this time a little more cautiously; but to no prevail, down we went again; and on and on we go; until we got to a point where we settled for defeat. Not that we settled in defeat, but rather we settled for just being inadequate: Mistake number two. Now we walk in a shadow of once was; thinking that because we are so inadequate, that we could never do, or measure up to what the Lord would have us to be: Mistake number three. What went wrong? Let's start with mistake number one: returning to the cross to start over again; as if the first time did not take. When really, what was needed to take place was a more complete surrender; not a redo of something that was already complete. In other words; once we were born again, we did not need to be reborn again; but rather, we needed to surrender more of our old life that was still clinging on. Okay; mistake number two: settling for being inadequate. This one is really a simple fix; because "Greater is He that is in us, than he that is in the world"; which means, that really we are meant to be inadequate, because it is not us who is to be doing the fighting, but Him. He is our strength in weakness. And finally; mistake number three: believing that we can not measure up to what the Lord has meant for us to be. This is where the rubber meets the road in our faith in God; because we are a child of God; a son of the King; and as such, we have been given a position that is far greater than we know; and it is called: A Saint. And here is the great thing: it is not by our doing that we have been awarded such honour, but rather by what Jesus did on the cross. Which really means that the old man was inadequate to do anything; but we are a new creation in Christ Jesus, which is now adequate to do all things through Him. So now what? Really it just comes down to belief. Either He is Lord of All, or not Lord at all... "Werefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; who was faithful to Him that appointed Him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. For this Man was counted worthy to more glory than Moses, inasmuch as He who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. For every house is builded by some man, but He that built all things is God. And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after: But Christ as a Son over His own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end." (Hebrews 3:1-6)