Words... Power...

I love reading Max Lucado, he has words many wish they had, including me...

God has blessed him with what I call "common" words which make each heart that reads them rich.  It especially makes the hearts of those who are thirsty for hope and encouragement leap...

Read this little tidbit from his pen:

Great acts of faith are seldom born out of calculation. 

It wasn’t logic that caused Moses to raise his staff on the bank of the Red Sea.

It wasn’t medical research that convinced Naaman to dip seven times in the river.

It wasn’t common sense that caused Paul to abandon the law and embrace grace.

And it wasn’t a confident committee that prayed in a small room in Jerusalem for Peter’s release from prison. 

It was a fearful, desperate, and of backed into a corner believers. It was a church with no options. 

A congregation of have-nots pleading for help.

And never were they stronger.

At the beginning of every act of faith, there is often a seed of fear.

See, I told you!

A Centurion's view....

Here is one of my favorites from Max Lucado....

"If it is true the picture paints 1000 words, and there was a Roman centurion who got a dictionary full. All he did was see Jesus suffer. He never heard him preach or saw him heal or followed him through the crowds. He never witnessed him still the wind; he only witnessed the way he died. But that was all it took to cause this weather – worn soldier to take a giant step in faith. Surely this was a righteous man.

That says a lot, doesn’t it? It says the rubber of faith meets the road of reality under hardship. It says that the trueness of one’s belief is revealed in pain. Genuineness and character are unveiled in misfortune. Faith is at its best, not in three-piece suits on Sunday mornings or at VBS on summer days, but at hospital bedsides, cancer wards, and cemeteries."

From my devotional book "Grace for the Moment : Morning and Evening Readings"