I titled this morning’s quiet time study, “Burnt Faith” because often times we find ourselves at the end of our wits with our faith and we just can’t help but to feel “burnt” like toast. We feel this way: when a relationship or relationships start going awry; or when bills become overwhelming; or perhaps when our jobs choke us. O Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you. (Psalms 38:9 ESV) David, the king of Israel whose own heart was very much like that of God’s, and whose faith in God caused him to worship before God in nakedness before his subjects, was feeling burnt when he wrote this Psalm. He says this about why he feels burnt in faith: “My heart’s about to break; I’m a burned-out case. Cataracts blind me to God and good; old friends avoid me like the plague. My cousins never visit, my neighbors stab me in the back. My competitors blacken my name, devoutly they pray for my ruin” (Vv10-12). We would feel like my faith in God was over and burnt if this all happened to me too. What we must do is wait for God to answer when our faith becomes burnt. We wait for God because our burnt faith always leads to supernatural fire. We wait for God because burnt faith always leads to flaming actions. We wait for God, because nobody else can soothe our burnt faith besides Him. He answers when nobody else will. If you’re feeling burnt in your faith, it’s time to long for God. It’s time to take your sighs and make them cries. It’s time to wait for God and reassure your faith.
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