The Crash Part 1 – Simple Faith

“Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me,
for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
For My yoke is comfortable, and My burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28-30 NASB)

The crash of my iMac was well timed on The Father’s part. Truth be told, I had the week prior asked The Father to set some things straight where His desires and Truth are concerned. Mainly, from disappointment over the tiny fellowship I had been attending since last fall abruptly folding. And, if I am being completely honest, I had been struggling with this walk – not my faith – but the faith community, the joylessness of it all. The striving of people to “get it all right.” Around me are people who say similar things and want to recover the joy they once had in reading the Bible and their faith walk. What the crash has given me, in a sense, is a return to simple faith.

That may not seem like something to get excited about but for me, it has firstly been a comfort. Secondly, a spiritual release to hand this yoke I have felt about my neck, for several years, to my LORD and SAVIOR, and thank Him for walking with me through the past five years. I give thanks to He who is the “seer” of all things for helping me to not fall prey to the many harmful things I have been exposed to; helping me see past it all while continuing to see Him. As it says in 1 Corinthians 8:1, “Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.”  

Because I love you, and The Father loves you, I am – here and now – openly repenting for any instances where the influences around me have provoked me to become “puffed up” with knowledge. 
While I have tried my best to bring what I have learned as I have grown in His Word with love, joy, excitement, and grace – I am but a flawed human and have probably not recognized immediately if it has happened. (No one has accused me of it, I am just doing what I am supposed to do and hoping to right any wrongs against my brothers and sisters in the Faith. Note: I am not repenting for the strong words He has brought for me to speak in the prophetic sense.)

What is simple faith?

When the Pharisee named Nicodemus came in secret to meet Yeshua, Nicodemus asked him “Rabbi [teacher], we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” ³ Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” ⁴ Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” ⁵ Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. ⁶ That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. ⁷ Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ ⁸ The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” (John 3:2b-8 ESV)

While this may not seem a simple response, it is the definition of ‘simple faith’: to be led by the Holy Spirit to a belief in The One who Saves our souls and to be transformed by the inner workings of the Holy Spirit. 

While seeking answers during this month of respite, I kept hearing the same word being spoken into my spirit man, into my heart, and it told me all I needed to know.
What was that word? 
Supernatural. 
At first, He said, “I am supernatural.” Then that one word washed over me, again and again. 

Why?

I am born again

When I came to faith after being a hedonistic unbeliever for 20 years it was through the Christian faith. He chased me to a Christian deliverance ministry and brought me to my knees – because a born-again Christian woman prayed for 10 years I would relent. Within 2 days I returned my life to JESUS who lifted the weight of not only my sin but the weight of the world from my soul. His omnipotence was unavoidable. From there, for 10 years my trust in Him and understanding of the Word grew exponentially. The amount of supernatural healing I received and the evidence I witnessed was dumbfounding. But what was even greater? The love. The Father’s love, and his love pouring out through the Body of Messiah – Christians. 

For exactly 5 years I have been exposed to people who have little care for the supernatural power of The Almighty, of Yeshua (and some deny him altogether), and His love. Oh, He is there, knocking at the door. I have felt His Spirit and also His sadness. I was recently reminded of two things: God’s absolute deepest desire is to simply pour out His love upon and tabernacle or dwell with and in those who call upon His name. Both of which are completely supernatural occurrences. Yet, we cannot force His spirit to dwell where it is being quenched.

Throughout my time in this community, I have heard many people say that Yeshua/Jesus did not come to start a new religion but to set things straight.

Yes, in a sense, this is true. But, friends, Yeshua did not come to puff up our egos but rather break them. To rebuke the religious for their lack of mercy. Lovingkindness. Chesed. FAITH. This is why he welcomed into his midst those the religious shunned because it seemed the Israelites left the Gentiles in Babylon when freed (whereas when leaving Egypt, Yahweh brought those who came to faith in him out too.) Abram and Sarai were pagans whose lives Yahweh crashed into, yet all that was asked of them was to Believe in, love, and honor the One True God; for this Abram and Sarai were shown much favor. Sadly, those in the community I have been engaged with seem to forget: The couple did not have great knowledge, they had great FAITH, and through FAITH they were filled with the Spirit of the Living God. Abram and Sarai became the prime examples of simple faith, the forerunners! 

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Tell me, are you born again?
If so, what is the evidence of Him working in your life?