Without faith in ourselves, we do not have faith in Him!

Yesha’yahu 43: 1-3a But now this is what YHVH says, He who created you, Ya’akov, He who formed you, Isra’el: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I am calling you by your name; you are mine. When you pass through water, I will be with you; when you pass through rivers, they will not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire, you will not be scorched – the flame will not burn you. For I am YHVH, your Elohim, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior –

Yirmeyahu 33:2-3 “Thus says YHVH the maker, YHVH who formed the universe so as to keep directing it – YHVH is His name; ‘Call out to me, and I will answer you – I will tell you great things, hidden things of which you are unaware’”

The above passages from Yesha’yahu (Isaiah) and Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) are very straight forward. For me, they say YHVH who created me will protect me in all situations and adversity. They tell me that He created me along with the entire universe to be His and follow Him. He seems to have an ‘open door’ policy. I am permitted to call upon Him at any time, day or night. He is telling me there is no reason for me to spend one moment in despair or aggravation. This is quite a bit of undertaking by someone whom I cannot see! In order to accept the above passages, and all the passages of the Word of YHVH, I am expected to trust, have faith and just simply obey. How in the world can I do that? Just trust and obey, show a little faith, sit quiet and be patient and wait and the miracles will happen before my very eyes! Right! That is all that it takes!

How in the world am I going to do all that? First off, I must get my head out of the world! I will not be able to do all that is stated above as long as I am attempting to be worldly and look for an ‘out of this world’ experience. Unless I have faith in myself, to do what He asks of me, then my faith in Him, YHVH, will not mature. Reading the Bible and reciting all the nice verses and wowing my fellow congregants is not enough. As it is written, faith without works is dead. I need to develop faith within my own self to demonstrate to my Father in Heaven that I fully trust Him. I trust Him with my life! It is not ‘MY’ life, it is His Life. He created it (me)! He wants to enjoy time with it! He entrusted me to be a part of it. As Jeremiah said; He formed the universe so as to keep directing it…all I have to do is call out to Him and He will reply. Even better, more will become known to me than what I imagined. He will tell me great things, hidden things that I haven’t the foggiest notion of. He will do this because He develops a trust in me. He knows Himself well and trusts Himself. He is showing me that He knows and trusts me because I follow Him. This makes it all the more important that I get to know myself well and trust myself! What an awesome relationship is forming.

My faith in me will not occur as long as I have even one fleeting thought of not being able to be Torah compliant. Faith in myself to be Torah compliant will occur when I stop treating myself as less than my neighbor. If I am able to believe and accept that YHVH, Elohim, created the entire universe, of which I am a part, then what stops me from believing that I can follow Him? Remember, He wants to direct His creation continually. His continually directing me occurs when I continuously strive to follow the precepts of Torah.

Shalom, be blessed

Pinchas a/k/a Frankly Speaking