Now Faith

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Here is today's communion meditation.

Hebrews 11:1 says Now faith is. A big part of learning to walk by faith is practicing staying in the present moment. It is faith that pleases God and also faith that makes our prayers effective but often we get pulled into the past or into the future, when faith is now. 

Something I learned in my years at the gym is that growing stronger or faster in the short bursts always carries over into increases in endurance but the reverse does not work. Here is an example. Let's say someone wanted to run a mile in under 8 minutes. 

To run an 8 minute mile means you must be able to run a quarter mile in under 2 minutes easily. To break this down even further a quarter mile is 400 meters. So in order to be able to run a quarter mile in 2 minutes you would need to be able to run 100 meters easily under 30 seconds. 

If you can't run 100 meters easily under 30 seconds you have zero chance at running an 8 minute mile because you can't meet the minimum speed required. 

What I learned in the gym is that if you get stronger or faster at the shorter time period it always makes you faster at the longer because your ceiling has been raised and you can cruise at a higher level. But the reverse is not true. You could run longer and longer but if you never work on getting better at the short bursts your times will never come down. 

God has given us the gift of eternal life, but to truly walk out all he has for us we must get better at the shorter, we must learn to keep winning the present moment and winning today. 

All day long life is trying to pull us out of the present and it is a practice to stay in the now moment. But, when we are more present God's grace and power flows, there is fullness of joy, and all of the sudden your awareness of what is happening around you increases and you see a whole new world of opportunities that you never new existed before. 

As we take communion today, let it be a turning point in our lives that from NOW on we are going to be more present in our day. Every time we take communion and every time we pray we must also grow stronger in believing we receive from God the moment we pray. How would your words and actions look different if you truly received the answer the moment you prayed or took communion. 

In the Abundant Life Blueprint there are two important things to get established. 

1. The 30 Day Prayer Challenge Process: Pray the 2 minute prayer each day then take a few minutes to listen and plan your day with God. Do the things you know to do and do them with a good attitude trusting that God is helping you. 
2. Daily Communion with Jesus: Communion has the power to change the trajectory of our lives. It is the most important thing. At our house we take communion daily and keep a box of matzo crackers and grape juice on hand.