The World According To Chris Brewer

Faith is one of the hardest things for us as humans, and more specifically for me, to live life by, much less comprehend. It requires us to put our trust in something and someone that has our spiritual, physical and mental well-being in mind.

I look at faith like this: We drive everywhere. On our travels we inevitably pass through traffic lights. When your light is green, how do you know the person waiting at the red light isn’t going to cross the street and cause an accident? That’s faith in action right there.

So why is it so tough for me to believe that God can help me out a bit? I pray and pray and pray but I never really put any words or positive thoughts behind my prayers. Yeah, with things that I have prayed for I have hoped that God would help me out a bit, but I never really learned to put faith into action and trust God will take care of me.

Tonight at church I was talking to Rich & Anita Schultz, a great couple who serve as Crimson House’s worship leaders and are two of the better people in this world. We were discussing things such as my job and personal life, and how we have all been praying God will provide for me in every aspect — that he would make a way for me to get either a new job or one that can complement the one I have now, that I form good relationships with people I can connect with here in Springfield, and that I am blessed all around.

What impressed me was the fact that Anita spoke most of what she was talking about in future tense, as if it had already happened. She spoke encouraging, faith-building words such as “You will get that job you applied for,” and “God has you here for a reason and he will continue to bring people into your life.” Somehow after I heard her say it, it clicked with me that maybe the Lord was using her words to help increase my faith, and instantly my perspective changed, and my attitude became more upbeat and positive.

Yes, times are hard — my circle of friends is still smaller than it’s ever been, and I am growing restless in not being able to find many more friends my own age; my job isn’t paying well and I am trying to work something out in that regard; and I still don’t know exactly what my purpose here is in Springfield.

But tonight, I had my fears calmed, if not just a small amount, with the help of someone who spoke faith-building words into my life and helped me see more of the positive than usual.

I can’t find the verse, but somewhere I remember reading in the Bible, to speak which is not, as if it were. Simply to build faith.

Tomorrow I’m gonna really start doing that, and you and I will see the results.