"Presumption Verses Faith"

"When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: so that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; and he delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand." (Psalms 78:59-61) There are few things in this life that compare to what faith really looks like, because faith really does not have a face, it's more than a feeling, and it is not able to be held onto. Faith is believing that something is so, because it is so vitally important that you believe it is so, you could not find yourself believing otherwise. A good example is for those who suffer through devastating lose, yet still continue to cling to the One who gives them hope; they do so because, where else can they go! Really! There is nowhere else in this world where comfort is found than in Jesus! Obviously, there are some things that can cause us to turn away from following the Lord, but I would hope that devastation is not one of them; sadly, for some it is, and it is because they placed their faith in something other than the One True God. When Jesus was speaking to 'the woman at the well' (John 4:7-26), He mentioned to her about those who worship God in truth, worship Him in spirit, for God is a Spirit; therefore, "they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." There is really nothing here that can be associated with that kind of worship, because it is not tangible or seen; that does not mean it's not real, because there is most assuredly a real relationship to be had in God, but it is not connected to anything that is of this world, not even life itself. That is hard for some people to come to accept, because they put their faith in God assuming He will give them blessing upon blessing, and everything is going to be a bed of roses. That is really not the agreement that He has made with us. His agreement was to get us safely into heaven, saying, "In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also." (John 14:2-3) After saying that, Jesus went on telling the disciples He would be leaving, but that it's good that He leaves, because then the "Father will provide them the Comforter." He is not called the "Comforter" because He makes us comfortable, but because He gives us comfort in our devastation...
"You fathers -if your children ask for a fish, do you give them a snake instead? Or if they ask for an egg, do you give then a scorpion? Of course not! So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those that ask him." (Luke 11:11-13) NLT