Faith and Sacrifice

God is not a magician. Yet, most Christians insist on thinking, believing and expecting Him to magically transform their lives overnight.

Usually, they expect to do the minimum amount of effort in exchange for all of God’s blessings. During some time, they’re able to maintain this illusion, but when the results are not as expected, they become discouraged. Hence, the reason why many so-called Christians have fallen away disappointed with God.

Few understand that in order for a miracle to happen, a joint process must take place between the Creator and the creation. None of the miracles written in the Bible happened solely because of God’s doing. If we look carefully, we can see that each miracle had the participation of man and of God.

For example, in order for Noah and his family to be saved from the flood, he had to obey God’s command and build the ark. The same happened with Abraham. In order for him to be the father of a great nation, first he had to sacrifice his will and obey the Word of God by leaving his land, the home of his parents and his relatives.

In order for the Lord Jesus to heal the blind man, he had to cry out to Him. Before Lazarus could be resurrected, the disciples had to remove the stone from the tomb.
Now, we can conclude without a doubt that the miracle we hope to receive in our life depends on our attitude of faith towards God.

If you are tired of suffering and want to change your life around, then you must call out to God. This change is only possible if you act by faith. That is, completely surrender your life by faith to the Lord Jesus.

Until your life is totally surrendered on the altar, new life won’t spring forth. It’s impossible to conquer a new life and try to MAINTAIN THE OLD ONE at the same time.

Hence, the urgent need for a sacrifice of faith.
Like the Lord said: "Turn to Me with all your heart ..." (Joel 2:12).

The miracle of the new birth or new life takes place in two stages:

First: mankind's attitude toward God - No one can be born of God without first turning from or abandoning their sins. Conversion requires a change in behavior towards Him. Lying, stealing, adultery, prostitution and all the works of the flesh must be abandoned. Galatians 5:19. That is true conversion.

Second: God’s attitude toward man - When the Holy Spirit sees your effort in trying to replace your will with the will of God, He comes down upon you and transforms your life. Thus, concluding His participation in the miracle of the new birth.

Whatever the miracle, the process remains the same. First, the creation must take action towards the Creator; then, the Creator acts accordingly towards His creation.

As you can see, there's no magic in this process; on the contrary, it’s the result of a personal relationship between mankind and God.

May God bless you abundantly.