Driven by FAITH

Thoughts, Prayers and Words of Encouragement: What kind of spiritual fuel makes you run??? Today Fr. Sebastian reflected on being driven by faith and how St Rose de Lima has made it these last 25 1/2 months. His primary focus was on Faith or Fear....We looked at the first verses of Habakkuk....the prophet is crying out to the Lord...HOW LONG...(di translation coming)...Why do you make me look at all this wrong doing...and what's up with permitting oppression, strife discord...the Word not being followed...the Wicked have the righteous all tied up....justice is perverted....WOW been there cried out like that....BUT

SO here comes the kicker...Gods response....IT is not GETTING BETTER...the evil guys are coming to kick your butts!! (di translation) They are BIG BAD EVIL...YEAH...been there too,...just when the going gets tough....the tough come at ya harder!!! Then Habakkuk is mystified by the whole deal...Adonai You are to pure to see evil...So WHY do you let these evil people SWALLOW UP>>( basically SLIMED) by them???...AND to top it off...they live in luxury with plenty of food to eat. Man this is one of my favorite books of the Bible because it is so REAL about how life with Christ really is!!....

Now here comes the Lords answer...write all this down....FOR THE VISION IS MEANT FOR ITS APPOINTED TIME, IT SPEAKS OF THE END, AND IT DOES NOT LIE...IT MAY TAKE AWHILE BUT WAIT FOR IT; IT WILL SURELY COME, IT WILL NOT DELAY!! This scripture is one of the most hysterical....it may take awhile....it will not delay...WHAT...that is like virtual reality...it is reality that is not real....this is gonna take awhile...it wont delay...I have been caught so many times in my walk with the Lord in this time warp....it is all UCK around me...and gets even UCKIER...and the mean get meaner...and I am waiting for awhile and I think for sure HE is delayed...then the PROMISE...IT WILL SURELY COME.

The solution is in Chapter 2:4b But the righteous will attain LIFE through trusting faithfulness....then God goes on to really outline how HE is taking care of it all...even when I think He is late...the solution is ..."He may not come when you want Him, but He will be there right on time" After all these years....still have trouble getting my clock set with His!!

Now my favorite part of the book...THE END....Habakkuk gets the Whole God picture which is basically this YOU ARE THE HOLY ONE...IT IS YOUR SPLENDOR THAT COVERS THE SKY>>>>YOUR BRIGHTNESS>>>>no matter how UCKY it is.....I WILL TAKE JOY IN THE GOD OF MY SALVATION. ADONAI IS MY STRENGTH..HE MAKES ME SWIFT AND SURE FOOTED AS A DEER AND ENABLES ME TO STRIDE OVER MY HIGH PLACES.

When driven by faith...I can stride...notice not rock climb....it is saying to the mountain to the sea...or saying to those deep rooted trees in my life of how it should be...uprooted and to the sea...a mustard seed of faith is HYBRID.....a whole lot more to the gallon...verses fear, or acceptance, or complacency which is like a HUMMER...sucking out all the JOY, GOODNESS<>>ASKING JESUS FILL ME UP WITH FAITH and TOP IT OFF WITH BELIEF.....

Father today again I submit to your plans...help me wear blinders to I keep looking straight ahead at you...and keep my eyes off everybody and everything else....remind me Holy Spirit to always take JOY in my salvation.....You are my Strength O GOD and I DELIGHT IN YOU....love ya di