Faith from Mount Everest

Alright, it’s time for some post-fast thoughts and reflections. God has been doing so much that I really need to take the time to “log” it all.

To summarize, God is doing something way different in my life. I remember half kidding awhile back that I’ve been through more valleys than mountaintops.

But whatever God is up to now in my life is making all of those valleys completely worth it. It is a feeling/sense that I’ve never felt before. So let’s take it all from the top . . . the start of the fast.

I think what initiated all this was a message Pastor Stovall Weems gave on fasting called God’s Chosen Fast. I had struggled with the reasons to fast before, but now fasting made complete sense and I was excited to take part in the 21 day fast at the church. Based on the message Pastor Stovall gave, I had four very specific and some off the wall prayers that I was going to focus on during the fast.

As I began to pray, God began to stir a faith within me that was quite frankly scaring me. It was like “whoa, who is this guy in this Asian body and what have you done with the other guy who didn’t have much faith?”

It was a steadfastness. A confidence in God. A complete trust.

Not just a faith that believes God answers and wants to act on our prayers. But a faith that goes far beyond what God does, but more a faith in who God is.

A faith in a loving God. A faith in a God that follows through on His promises. A faith in a God whose plans are far greater than my own.

What I’m experiencing now would really disqualify my past “level of faith” as faith at all.

I’m telling you. A faith on a whole new playing field . . .

There are valleys and then mountaintops. And then there’s Mount Everest.

I find myself chillin’ 8500 meters above sea level and the perspective is a lot different.