A couple of weeks ago, I had heard some unexpected negative news concerning our Senior Pastor’s health.  It was hard to believe.  Here is a man who has instilled such great faith in all of his congregation.  He is a military man, a rock, and a fighter.  With all that he has taught and imparted to us about health and healing, it was stunning.  Hello?  How could this man, our pastor, be fighting something like this?   Well, the fight of your faith commences.

My mom passed away a year and a half ago after battling cancer.  She never gave up hope.  She was believing for her healing up to the end.  So, if she had such great faith and passed away, and now your senior pastor has a health related issue, what are you suppose to think.

So this week, our pastor was going to take some time away to aggressively treat it.  Then the news last night, after preliminary testing to determine his treatment, they can’t find anything.  Um, what?  Nothing?  Clean bill of health?  Yes, that’s the deal!  Great News!  God gets all the glory!

So now where is my faith?  Do I add up all the people with great faith that didn’t make it and all of the ones that did?  I guess I am at 50/50 then.  Is that what we are suppose to do?

I don’t think so.  We are not suppose to be moved by circumstance.  The “news” on the economy is not good.  Should I be moved?  So and so had a strong marriage and now they are getting a divorce, should I be concerned?  My father in-law committed suicide at 50, does this mean our family is cursed?

If my eyes were on other people or circumstances for my faith, I would be toast.  That is not your gauge.  Some people disappoint, some people are great examples.  Circumstances are always in flux.  The only true measure is the hope and promise that can only be found in His word.  That is your measuring stick.  By keeping my eyes on the what He has to say, I find myself breezing through those stormy days.  I find myself more grounded and less likely to be blown off course.  So, may you find yourself relying on His promises as you navigates the waters of your life.