What it Means To Walk By Faith

Recently, I sat down to write after a full day of school (and a few distractions). I was going to work on my new project, Dauntless Trust; a novel about a girl who learns to trust God regardless of her circumstances. Progress on the outline had been a bit slow, and I was ready to get some work done. 

So I prayed.

I asked God to give me the words to say, then committed. Within a minute, a scene idea just came to me and I started to write it down. I was interrupted off and on by some people and things I needed to do, but by the time I was done, I was amazed at what had made it onto that document. 

That was one of my first times writing fiction in over a month.

This type of thing has happened to me many times in a row. I go to work on the one thing—maybe get a little bit done— then get an idea for a scene where the words flow and the message is impactful, or a new plot twist comes to mind, or that next plot point is discovered. 

And do you know what? I found the common denominator for how each of these writing sessions turned out so good: I was writing with God. 

The first time, I didn’t think much of it. I’d prayed before or during the session, but by the time it was over I knew I’d received some help from the Lord.  

Because of that, I prayed going into it the next time. I got the same results. So I prayed again, and it happened again. And again.

By the third time it happened, I finally caught on. 

God wants me to have faith in Him in every area of my life—even writing.

Before I went into those last two writing sessions, I had no idea what I’d do, I just trusted God with the outcome of that writing session. It wasn’t until I began writing that the words came. 

Which makes me think… God didn’t save Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego until they had stood firm in their decision to only worship him and were in the fire. 

It wasn’t until the priests stepped in the water with the ark of the covenant that the water parted to make a way for them (Joshua 3). 

All through Scripture, and my life as well, I see that when people act in faith, God meets them there and does incredible things. 

It’s one thing to just have faith, but as James says, faith without works is dead (James 2:26). Our works—our actions— prove our faith.

Think about Abraham for a minute. He could have told God over and over that he’d give up his son if he was asked to. A bunch of people could say it. 

But Abraham followed through— his actions backed his words. Even though God had told him he would be the father of a nation, here He was telling him to sacrifice his miracle-son.

But Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness (Genesis 15:6).

This is what faith is; it’s saying that we believe God will keep His promises, then acting on that belief. 

The saying “actions speak louder than words” is so true, especially in the area of faith. 

You see, God’s promises are all over the Bible, and every single one of them, He’ll keep. 

He is so faithful. 

This is one of the strong themes in that book I talked about writing, Dauntless Trust: the faithfulness of God. The fact that He always keeps His promises. Since He always keeps His word, whatever He says to us He will do. 

We can believe in God’s faithfulness and know that He’ll always give us what we need when we need it. Because of that belief, we live as if we’re guaranteed to get what God has promised to us and trust God to do His part. That’s faith!

And you can’t have faith unless your faith is in someone who is faithful. God is always faithful. I’ve walked through enough valleys in my own life to be able to say from personal experience that He never leaves. He’s the best one at picking you back up and putting you back together even better than before. He is a faithful healer. 

God will meet you where you are because He knows you better than even you do. He is here for you, you only need to step out in faith and claim those promises that God is offering to you.

If you’d like to read more posts like this, you may enjoy… 

• The Power Of A Righteous Person’s Effective Prayer
• Walk By Faith, Not By Sight
• The Faith of a Child
• Trusting the Only One Who Can Be Trusted

Your turn!

What does walking by faith mean to you? If you want to drop in the comments something you’d like prayer for, I’ll agree with you in prayer in faith < 3