Faith

Complete faith in Jesus Christ doesn't come easy.

Saya Latt once told me a story:

A man was walking along a narrow path, not paying much attention to where he was going. Suddenly he slipped over the edge of a cliff. As he fell, he grabbed a branch growing from the side of the cliff. Realizing that he couldn't hang on for long, he called for help. The man said, "Is anybody up there?" A voice replied, "Yes, I am here!" "Who are you?" "The Lord." "Lord, help me!" "Do you trust me?" "I trust you completely, Lord." "Good. Let go of the branch." "What?" "I said, let go of the branch!" After a long pause, the man asked, "Is there anybody else up there?"

Although the man said he had complete faith in The Lord, he could not trust him for his salvation.

Another story comes from the book of Matthew:

23Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. 24Without warning, a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. 25The disciples went and woke him, saying, "Lord, save us! We're going to drown!"

26He replied, "You of little faith, why are you so afraid?" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.

27The men were amazed and asked, "What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him

The disciples were afraid of the storm and did not trust Jesus for he was sleeping, but Jesus awoke and calmed the storms.

These stories show how weak our faith in Jesus can be. We can find situations in our own lives where we were that that man on the branch or the disciples on the boat. Our faith should always be strong. Although there are storms and tough situations throughout our lives, we should always remain faithful to God. Our faith in God is challenged everyday, at school and at work, but we must rise above these challenges and give glory to God to the highest.