Standing On Our Own Faith

My oldest daughter will be baptized on Sunday. She accepted Christ at the tender age of four, and has been strong in her convictions and beliefs every day since. She truly loves God, and her incredible faith has been a witness to many.

My second oldest daughter, Kayanna, accepted Christ as her Savior as a result of hours spent talking to Kahlan about what a saving faith means. She told me that Kahlan showed her how to know when she was ready to make that personal commitment:

"You'll know when you're ready," Kahlan said, "When you know that if everyone you love suddenly told you they no longer trust in God, you'd still believe that He is the truth."

Wow.

There is such a lesson in that one statement. Think of the person who led you to Christ. What if that person told you right now that he/she had changed his/her mind; that the Bible is nothing more than a collection of fictional stories meant to keep society living to a set of moral standards?

Would your faith waver?

Would you, even for a moment, question the existence of God?

Would that be all it would take to plant a seed of doubt?

We can't profess Christ simply because someone told us to. It needs to be personal, it needs to be a commitment made because we truly believe. God wants us to be all in for Him.

If you looked around and suddenly realized you were the only Christian left, would you still raise your hands to Him?

"I will praise You as long as I live, and in Your name I will lift up my hands." (Psalm 63:4)