The faith that allows us to see and eat

"The officer had said to the man of God, 'Look, even if the Lord should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?' The man of God had replied, 'You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!' And that is exactly what happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died." - 2 Kings 7:19-20

Compared to the officer, I have been so fortunate that I am no longer subjected to death because Jesus Christ had come and died for my sins. Now, I can not only see with my own eyes, but eat the bread that Jesus had reserved as his flesh and drink the wine that is to be his blood. All this is made possible because of the faith that God, through his grace, had given me - that as long as I repent my sins with a contrite heart, I no longer am deprived of 'eating any of it'.

"Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it." - John 1:3-5

PRAYER:
"Abba Father, sweet is Your name. Lord, thank you for the wonderful gift of Jesus Christ that you have given to your people and the faith that you have given me that has enabled me to redeem this wonderful gift. Abba Father, I pray that you will help me to lead a life of victory, for you have said that I have been dead to sin. Where there is sin, bright light upon it so that I may turn away from it. Grant me Lord, the wisdom, where the light shines in the darkness, to understand.

Though I am in the world, let me not be with the world; grant me the strength and courage to do what is good and right and pleasing in your eyes. In Jesus' most precious name, I pray, Amen."