Before “Our God”, the God of love, made Himself known, the manmade gods were gods of fear, not love. Earthquakes, floods, fires, disasters of all kinds led them to assuage their God’s anger by sacrificing children and other such dramatic attempts to please their gods. Even later there were those, who did not understand a loving God, practiced self flagellation and other dramatic behaviors because of what they didn’t know.

Still today, people who don’t know their Bibles well, who don’t benefit from hermeneutically correct teaching, are often led to believe other than the truth.

Initially, when one believes in Christ, he is given much as a gift, everything needed spiritually to have a relationship with God, including faith. But that gift has to be unwrapped, opened, and used.

People will say their faith is weak. No, it is not being used. The way these gifts are appropriated is by prayer, Bible Study, worship and fellowship, and hearing God’s Word taught.

It’s not Sunday Sit ‘n Soak. It’s not performance or witnessing performance, it’s not “I do this or that.” It’s God, worshipping Him, praying to Him, reading His Word, fellowshipping with those who also worship Him, praising Him, and being dependent on Him, His guidance as we live in this fallen world with the hope and peace He gives us even now. Our God is an awesome God.