faith was easy. As the LORD asks the children of Abraham for their faith and trust, it all seems so easy.
"Remember how I got you out of Egypt?"
"Yeah, that was awesome."
"OK, if you have faith in me, obey my rules, and keep your half of the deal, I will make you my treasure so that you might be a blessing to the whole world. Deal?"
"Oh heck ya! That's a deal."
So Moses goes back up the mountain to get the details. For 13 chapters he is up there while God tells him how to be a chosen people. And that chosen people can't wait any longer. They build a golden calf and start their own gods.
Sometimes faith and trust are really easy. Often it comes on the heels of remembering all that God has done for us. Then life begins again, we start to trust ourselves, and BAM, we're placing an idol on the altar of our heart.
With time, practice, and discipline, however it seems to get a little easier to hold onto the right kind of faith; faith in God. 15 seconds grows into a minute, an hour, a day, and more. Constantly giving up our lives to God so that we might be a blessing to others is not easy, but it is God's will for us.
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