THE LEAP OF FAITH

by Terri White

As my husband and I stood at the edge of a cliff that overlooked a canyon, we knew we were supposed to be get to the other side. There we saw people laughing, eating, sharing, and enjoying fellowship with one another. We had tried everything we knew to get across, but nothing worked. After realizing that we could not get over to the other side by any means we had tried, the Lord spoke and said to jump into the canyon. Insane? Perhaps. But it was the word of the Lord. At the time, I did not understand the fullness of jumping into the canyon. I had ‘head knowledge’, but wasn’t ready to see the depth of it yet.

That was a vision the Lord gave me several years ago. Much suffering has past since that day which the Lord has used to prepare me to receive revelation. I have pondered many a time about that vision, and today I call jumping into the canyon the ‘leap of faith’.

Scripture teaches that the "just shall live by faith" and I seriously believe that most Christians have a no clue what that REALLY means. It’s that leap of faith. It is total trust in Jesus to fulfill His will. HE will perform it; we simply watch Him do it through us. Many Jews asked Jesus what they should do to do the works of God. Jesus responded by telling them to ‘believe’. Most folks plug that into one’s initial salvation experience, but that is not the context. The people asked about doing works of God, not about how to get saved. Believe. . . In the original language believe means to trust in, cling to, adhere to - like two pieces of velcro; it is absolute confidence in God to fulfill His will in this world, His Corporate Christ, and within us individually.

Does the ‘leap of faith’ mean we sit idly by twiddling our thumbs? Perhaps. Maybe that’s just what God may need of you. And perhaps not. We don’t need a formula. Knowing that God is in control and that He will fulfill all He has chosen to do, we simply rest in Him.