Faith and the Backup Plan

 Ok  . . .first off . . .I’m going to be as frank as I would be in splitting open this topic. That’s mainly because it bugged me so much at a time when I was regretting why I had not made a backup plan. . . 

Ok here is the what happened. . . I had to do some work for someone and the time was almost due. I had made all my payment and was ready to move on . . .And I had kicked into full throttle, Faith. . . I was just ready to take over or tackle any problem that wanted to pop up. It was at this time that the most important part of the whole plan fell open . . .What I had paid for was somehow (Unexplainably) lost in transit and no one knew where it was. The person I paid to was just not there. . .I practically was in that state of mind where your brain moves into the “. . You have been duped .  . . .) state. 

Now I wasn’t too concerned if I had been duped. All I was bothered about was that I had not planned ahead for such a set back and my first major delivery was going to fall apart. It was like I had no backup plan for my faith . . . then the question kicked in . . . . What is the Backup plan? I mean should I have faith and a backup plan? Or let me rephrase it this way . .

Does faith give room for a back-up plan. . .I mean in case things don’t go as planned.

Well I went for a YWAP (Youth With A Purpose) meeting and asked the question and then . . .  it was fully opened up (With the appropriate bible passages I must add . .) 

So lets do this. . .

WHAT IS FAITH?

Hey  . . .Faith is like believing in stuff u don’t see right? Or let me put it how it was in The King James Version of the bible:

Heb 11:1 

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 

Or According to The New Century Version (Makers of Biblezene – the coolest bible I have seen  . . . .Yep . . its like a magazine and so like undercover, you won’t even know you are carrying one.  . .  I mean as a deep cove missionary, u would need it or if you are just a regular guy go get . . .  ok sorry)

Here it goes

Faith is being sure of some things we hope for and knowing that something is real even if we do not see it. 

But now lets start with the substance of things hoped for. . . . How if I can feel something. . . like emmmmm . . . yeah wind on my face. . . .or say I’m drenched in sweat and just came out of an air tight room and then I needed air. . .lots of it. And then I feel the wind (“SUBSTANCE” on my face. Do I still have to wait for the sign that says WIND PRESENT to know that there is wind there? I mean  . .The substance of things hoped for .  . . .We hope for the wind and we feel it . . .its substance. . .do we then need a backup plan just in case we don’t see the sign that says wind . . . .  what if we see a sign on the wall that tells us that the room is still air tight, does that change the fact that the wind is blowing on our face. . . . Nope! That answer is No.

 Further more, faith is the Evidence of things hoped for.

                Please check this. In the court, all the judge or Jury is looking for is the evidence. . .they don’t need to be taken back to the moment when the event happened. All they need is evidence. That evidence (Faith) is what makes a man guilty or innocent. Therefore, if I have Faith, which is THE EVIDENCE, then why would I need a backup plan?

                It now is clear to me that the backup plan just makes me one of those guys Jesus talked about  . . .he said if I say I trust him and still have the whole backup plan thing, then my belief is being tossed around like a ship on see. . .by the waves. . . . . .not cool. 

I still wasn’t satisfied. . .but then Jesus hit hard . . . with the question DO I LOVE GOD?  . . . .first off I though. . . .question out of context. .then he came with this. . .Everything. . . .works together for the Good of those that love. . . .(Yep I completed it) God. So you see, even when things go how we don’t plan. . .when things aren’t going according to plan. . . . .lets just Chill! Coz its working to our best interest. 

NOW THE BACKUP PLAN. . .

So with all the events trailing my small growing business. . . . the disappointment I initially encountered, I found the perfect Backup plan. . . . MORE FAITH! . . .I just exercise my faith  the more. . .(so that it can grow from a mustard seed to a mango seed) 

Thanks again.

raQ!