Yesterdays Faith is not enough for today.

In church we are working our way through Genesis. We covered a story I have never heard (shocking after growing up in church and in a christian school). Genesis 9:18-29

After getting past the amazing encouragement found in seeing such a great man as Noah make infantile mistakes, I got so much more from this odd passage! Honesty, it is continuously frustrating to see myself falter in the same areas over and over again, no matter how many times I try to "be better." So to know that it is more a reflection of our human nature than our faith, my heart was encouraged. BUT one statement in the sermon remained heavy on my heart. "Yesterday's Faith is not enough for today." And how profound to think. In the words of Lloyd Shadrach: You cant stockpile faith. He compared faith to breathing ... yesterdays breath was not enough to keep you going today. You have to keep breathing! You need another measure of faith in the same way to get through today's obstacles. The faith you built yesterday is not sufficient for the days to come, however, we build further on the faith.

So what have you done today to build your faith...to increase the roots by which you live by today? After all...you never know what obstacles await around the corner! So why not prepare yourself?