Day 9 - Faithful Trust or Trustful Faith

28 When he went into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to him, "Yes, Lord." 29 Then he touched their eyes saying, "Let it be done for you according to your faith." 

Matt 9:28-29 (NET)

The word faith came from the Latin word fidēs which means belief and trust or simply the word itself. Trust is always tessellate with faith and will always be. When Jesus ask the blind men, He is also questioning him for his trust. But the blind men never  came a second thought but quickly respond to Jesus and trust in Him. For the blind men know who Jesus is and he also know what Jesus can do. 'Yes, Lord' should be a habit for us believers like the blind men for the Lord is always asking 'Do you trust me?' or 'Do you believe in me?'

Trusting someone or something is putting your faith on it. Which is why it is the first thing you need to do when asking Jesus. You need to trust Him first so whatever you ask will be granted.

When trust comes, there will be miracle. So whenever we trust Jesus, we are putting faith on Him. And after we put faith on something, Jesus then will do the miracle on it. We should learn to trust Jesus and put faith on Him in prayer and everything for He is powerful and able.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding." from Prov. 3:5 (NET) which proves that we should always trust the Lord and never doubt on it. Never assume and expect on something for the Lord only knows what to give and to be granted.

Day 8 - Following at Risk

19 Then an expert in the law came to him and said, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go." 20 Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

Matt 8:19-20 (NET)

Stalking someone is easy as idolizing someone. We follow them wherever they go and we do whatever they do. But the table starts to turn when you know how much it cost to follow or to idolize someone. Others stops when they knew the cause and others still want to follow. Also, there are times you try to pause to follow and continue following later.

Following Jesus Christ is not easy just as He describes in the following verses. He explains, animals like foxes and birds do have a resting place. They have time to wander all day all night and when they get tired, dens and nests are their solution to rest. But the man, who does have a house to rest, who does have much comfortable places than animals, doesn't have any time to rest. In fact, we people do have more activities than animals which causes us to go restless all day. In those activities, how much time do we spend in a day for the Lord? Do we have any time for Him even we have a bunch of work in a day? Is there a change in our restless days if we start following Jesus?

The Lord said, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Matt 11:28 (NET).

Something to follow or someone to follow is never easy and sacrifices are always at risk. But when you follow Jesus, all sacrifices you made and all weariness you felt will worth a blessing in the kingdom of heaven. Think about this, plants can stand and stay everyday under the heat of the sun and yet they fed on the sunlight to grow and become stronger.