Like a birthday treat, Mama brought me again to a Saturday service of El Shaddai last March 12, 2011. I didn’t say no since it was her birthday and I fully remember the time when God’s message through Bro. Mike Velarde helped me to overcome my fear when I was about to be operated for the excision of my sty on my left upper eyelid. I thought that there’s nothing to lose if I open my heart and my mind again to whatever the message will be that night.
Indeed, it was like a birthday treat for me. After the Holy Mass and the worship, Bro. Mike’s talk focused on the things one must do to make his/her faith visible. These things were inspired by the story of Jesus healing a paralytic who was delivered to Him through the roof of the house. The carrying of the paralytic through the roof to Jesus is an example of faith that is very visible. The power of the Lord is present in that house; someone did something by faith and a miracle happened: the power to heal was released to the paralyzed man. Indeed, faith without action is dead. Faith that is visible is a person’s ticket to the wonders that God can work in his/her life.
So how does one make his/her faith visible? Bro. Mike shared the following:
1. Come to where God is, listen, and hold on to it.
2. Tell the world of what He is doing in your life.
3. Do whatever God tells you.
4. When bad things happen, don’t be afraid. Believe in 1+1=3.
5. Give God your best priced possession.
6. Continually give, have faith, pray, do good, and listen, and continually, God’s blessings will pour.
There are actually seven things. But I was not able to jot down the other one. I’m so sorry. I guess I was not much of the great listener for a great speaker at that moment. I really just want to share these to everyone for these things are indeed true. Faith without making it visible is faith that is dead. I remember Step Up 2’s Andie West saying that it is not about you got but it is what you do with what you got. This is the challenge for me and for everyone who wants to follow and live like Christ and for me and for everyone who wants Him to work miracles. These are but few things. The list may go on and on. But how can I actually add to the list when I can’t even guarantee I do those six things? It’s really a narrow path to heaven. But following the narrowest path is a risk worth talking. It is best for my soul, anyway. So why think twice? I must make my faith visible or else my faith is nonsense. Agree with me?
March 30, 2011
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