2 Timothy 1:6 says to "fan into flame the gift of God that was given" to us. Tonight God made me fan that gift into flame - stir it up and once it erupted in me, it continued to flow. The gifts of God - they're like magma. They're just waiting for that bubbling to start. They need to be released so they can be like lava and flow flow flow and once that eruption happens it keeps on flowing.
I thought about faith this morning and tonight as well. Faith is kind of the same. Matthew 17:20 and Luke 17:6 say that faith is a "seed." Well, a seed is buried underground. It gets watered and we don't necessarily see it grow but then we have to harvest it. And some things sprout up from the ground and we can see them and know when they're ready to be gathered and consumed and some things remain underground. But the faith is there. The seed has been planted in us. Romans 12:3 tells us that we've each been given a "measure of faith." When we're going through something when we forget that we have faith, that is when we need to dig it up and remember that it's there. The trials let us know if we're ready to reap.
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