Pondering Isaiah 7, I am stuck on verse 10. "Unless your faith is firm, I cannot make you stand firm." It's not all God's part. This "thing" is a relationship. It takes two...
How often do I look at my life and think that God just didn't come through? This one little verse reminds me that I have a part to play. It's not about a god in total control of an uncooperative, unwilling puppet. Living is about a real trust placed in a real being according to the depth of the relationship.
How firm can my faith be if there is little or no personal experience with whom I am placing my faith? Trust is incomprehensible without knowing the person being trusted. Relationship is where it's cultivated.
If I want to stand firm in the face of fear, I must have a firm faith. Firm faith in God occurs only through knowing him deeply, intimately in the context of real relationship.
